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Dec 11, 2020 · English. 223 p. : 31 cm. With essays and poetry by Nikki Giovanni, Dr. Walter Leonard, Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, Helen M. Shannon, Julius Lester, Congressman John Lewis, Donzaleigh Abernathy, Stanley Crouch, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Cf. back flap of jacket.
It begins with the history of the oppression of African Americans, follows King's emergence as a religious and community leader during the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott, and continues with his progress as a world voice in nonviolent social action in the mid-1960s at the height of the Vietnam War to his assassination.
Jan 1, 2002 · In the Spirit of Martin vividly portrays the wide-ranging outpouring of responses to Dr. King's life and work. This landmark volume presents over 130 works of art - painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, and printmaking - created by more that 100 visual artists.
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In honor of Dr. King's vital and enduring legacy, SITES presents In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the first major exhibition of visual arts dedicated to celebrating this American hero.
In the Spirit of Martin also presents the works of self-taught artists, many of whom have lived in relative obscurity within the South that Martin Luther King strove to liberate and...
Jan 15, 2018 · Fifteen years ago this weekend, the anticipated exhibition In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. opened at the Weisman Art Museum with a full schedule of events.
Jan 8, 2002 · In the Spirit of Martin is the companion book to the first museum exhibition -- opening in January 2002 at the Smithsonian Institution -- to demonstrate the compelling outpouring of responses to Dr. King’s life. This richly illustrated, large-format book features the work of more than 150 important African American artists as well as other ...
