«King : The Photobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr» Bob Adelman Amazon.comThe legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement is well documented in prose, but for sheer emotional power, nothing can compare to the pictures from this era. It"s a challenge for a writer"s words to match the force of Bob Adelman"s photographs in this book, but novelist and essayist Charles Johnson rises to the task in his treatment of King"s life and death, as well as the heroic struggle of African Americans in the United States. Johnson, the author of Middle Passage(which won the 1990 National Book Award), offers an exceptional counterpoint to the stirring images with the depth and weight of his essays and captions. "How soon we forget that King was not only a civil rights activist," Johnson writes, "but also this country"s preeminent moral philosopher, a spiritual aspirant, a father and a husband, and that these diverse roles--these multiple dimensions of his too brief life--were the foundations for his singular "dream" that inspired millions worldwide." Adelman intimately captures King"s background, from his comfortable middle-class upbringing in Atlanta to the dashing figure he cuts with his wife, Coretta, to his steady ascendance as a forceful preacher thrust into prominence during the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56. We cringe at the sight of King being photographed as a criminal and at the horrific treatment many blacks endured by racist Southern police. The triumph of King"s "I Have a Dream" speech, which he gave at the 1963 March on Washington, is beautifully detailed, along with his acceptance of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. We also see a weary King, weighed down by assassination attempts, harassment, inner-city riots, and the Vietnam War. Toward the end, King displays an eerie sense of calm in the photos taken just days before his death--particularly in an April 3 photo taken at the Mason Hall in Memphis the night before his murder, where he declared that he"d "been to the mountaintop." King"s legacy is lovingly chronicled in this impressive book. --Eugene Holley Jr. Book Description"A magnificent photo album of a magnificent man in magnificent times."-Susan Brownmiller, New York Times Book Review "Through rich words and stirring black-and-white images, the authors take us on an emotional journey.... There have been many books written about Dr. King, but this one is among the best."-Ebony Receiving accolades everywhere when it originally appeared in hardcover in 2000, this searing documentary volume chronicles andcelebrates the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., one of our country"s giant figures, covering events from the 1955-56 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott to the slain civil rights leader"s funeral in 1968. Hundreds of images by many of the finest photographers of the 20th century are combined here with a moving text to detail the pivotal events of King"s public and private lives. He is seen here as husband and father, powerful preacher, martyr for the cause of racial justice, and, finally, American icon-a truly great man whose international stature has only grown since his death. AUTHOR BIO: Charles Johnson is a literary critic, essayist, and author of the National Book Award-winning novel Middle Passage. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, he teaches writing at the University of Washington in Seattle. Bob Adelman is one of the foremost photographic chroniclers of the civil rights movement. His photographs have been published in LIFE, The New York Times Magazine, Paris Match,and other publications. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге King : The Photobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr (Bob Adelman). Напишите свою рецензию о книге Bob Adelman «King : The Photobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr» https://izbe.ru/book/384424-king-the-photobiography-of-martin-luther-king-jr-bob-adelman/