Overview
On April 9, 1968, 150,000 mourners took part in a daylong series of rituals honoring Kingāthe largest funeral staged for a private U.S. citizen. Kingās funeral was a dramatic event that took place against a national backdrop of war protests and presidential politics in a still-segregationist South, where Georgiaās governor surrounded the state capitol with troops and refused to lower the flag in acknowledgment of Kingās death. Award-winning journalist Rebecca Burns delivers a riveting account of this landmark week and chronicles the convergence of politicians, celebrities, militants, and ordinary people who mourned in a peaceful Atlanta while other cities burned. Drawing upon copious research and dozens of interviewsā from staffers at the White House who dealt with the threat of violence to members of Kingās family and inner circleāBurns brings this dramatic story to life in vivid scenes that sweep readers from the mayorās office to the White House to Coretta Scott Kingās bedroom. Compelling and original, Burial for a King captures a defining moment in Americaās history. It encapsulates Kingās legacy, Americaās shifting attitude toward race, and the emergence of Atlanta as a new kind of Southern city.
This book title, Burial for a King (Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral and the Week that Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation), ISBN: 9781439130575, by Rebecca Burns, published by Scribner (September 7, 2013) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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