The Word of the Lord Is Upon Me: The Righteous Performance of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Jonathan Rieder

Book Overview

Martin Luther King was an apostle of peace and an angry prophet, an exponent of a beloved community and a Moses leading his people from bondage, a black preacher and a translator of blackness to the white world. This work explores the extraordinary performances through which King played with all of these possibilities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674028228
• ISBN13: 9780674028227
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"