Martin Luther King And The Rhetoric Of Freedom: The Exodus Narrative In America's Struggle For Civil Rights

Book Summary


Shows how Martin Luther King, Jr used the biblical story of Exodus to motivate African Americans in their struggle for freedom from racial oppression. This title explains how King constructed a symbolic framework for interpreting the setbacks of the Civil Rights movement, even as he challenged them to remain faithful to the cause.

Book Details


Book Name Martin Luther King And The Rhetoric Of Freedom: The Exodus Narrative In America's Struggle For Civil Rights
Author Gary S. Selby
Publisher Baylor University Press (Apr 2008)
ISBN 9781602580169
Pages 217
Language English
Price 1200
 
 

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