Letters to Martin
Meditations on Democracy in Black America
Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, [2022]
Format: Book
Description: 218 pages ; 24 cm
Jelks's meditations are written in the form of letter to Martin Luther King Jr. He speaks to the many public issues we presently confront in the United States: economic inequality, freedom of assembly, police brutality, ongoing social class conflicts, and geopolitics. The result is a contemporary revival of the literary tradition of meditative social analysis. These meditations on democracy provide spiritual oxygen to help readers endure the struggles of rebranding, rebuilding, and reforming our democratic institutions so that we can all breathe. -- adapted from jacket
Contents:
Prologue -- Network of mutuality -- The highest ethical ideal -- A revolution of values -- Like a King -- Drum major instinct -- The strength to love -- We as a people -- The world house -- All labor has dignity -- Growing up King -- The content of our character -- A stone of hope -- Epilogue.
Subjects:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
African Americans -- Political activity.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States.
Racial justice -- United States.
Democracy -- United States.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
African Americans -- Political activity.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States.
Racial justice -- United States.
Democracy -- United States.
ISBN:
9781641606035
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LITERATURE Letters Jel | Eastover | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (197-218).