I May Not Get There With You The True Martin

A private citizen who transformed the world around him, Martin Luther King, Jr., was arguably the greatest American who ever lived. Now, after more than thirty years, few people understand how truly radical he was. In this groundbreaking examination of the man and his legacy, provocative author, lecturer, and professor Michael Eric Dyson restores King's true vitality and complexity and challenges us to embrace the very contradictions that make King relevant in today's world.

Michael Eric Dyson is an ordained Baptist minister and Ida B. Wells Barnett University Professor at DePaul University. He is the author of Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X, Between God and Gangsta Rap, and Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line. He lives with his family in Chicago.

Foreword to the Paperback Edition

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Preface ``We as a People Will Get to the Promised Land'': Martin and Us

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Introduction ``You Don't Need to Go Out Saying Martin Luther King, Jr. Is a Saint'': The American Hero

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Part I. IDEOLOGY

``I Saw That Dream Turn Into a Nightmare'': From Color-Blindness to Black Compensation

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``Most Americans Are Unconscious Racists'': Beyond Liberalism

30

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``As I Ponder the Madness of Vietnam'': The Outlines of a Militant Pacifism

51

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``America Must Move Toward a Democratic Socialism'': A Progressive Social Blueprint

78

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``We Did Engage in a Black Power Move'': An Integrationist Embraces Enlightened Black Nationalism

101

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Part II. IDENTITY

``I Had to Know God for Myself'': The Shape of a Radical Faith

123

(14)

``Somewhere I Read of the Freedom of Speech'': Constructing a Unique Voice

137

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``There Is A Civil War Going on Within All of Us'': Sexual Personae in the Revolution

155

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``I Have Walked Among the Desperate, Rejected, and Angry'': Two Generations of the Young, Gifted, and Black

175

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``The Primary Obligation of the Woman Is That of Motherhood'': The Pitfalls of Patriarchy

197

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Part III. IMAGE

``Be True to What You Said on Paper'': A Critical Patriotism

225

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``I Won't Have Any Money to Leave Behind'': The Ownership of a Great Man

249

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``If I Have to Go Through This to Give the People a Symbol'': The Burden of Representation

282

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Epilogue ``Lil' Nigger, Just Where You Been?'': Metaphors and Movements

307

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Notes

313

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Bibliography

376

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Acknowledgments

395

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Index

397

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I May Not Get There With You The True Martin Luther King Jr

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