ePub Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement: Another Side of the Story (Contemporary Black History) by From Robbie Lieberman in History

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I have a dream. When those words were spoken on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28; 1963; the crowd stood; electrified; as Martin Luther King; Jr. brought the plight of African Americans to the public consciousness and firmly established himself as one of the greatest orators of all time. Behind the Dream is a thrilling; behind-the-scenes account of the weeks leading up to the great event; as told by Clarence Jones; co-writer of the speech and close confidant to King. Jones was there; on the road; collaborating with the great minds of the time; and hammering out the ideas and the speech that would shape the civil rights movement and inspire Americans for years to come.