The Preacher King (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Lischer
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: The 1940’s to the 1960’s
- Setting: The American South
- Principal Characters: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Racism, Christianity, Sermons, Speeches
- Locales: South (U.S.)
It is the voice that one remembers most: that rich, deep baritone, full of controlled intensity, reason, and passion combined, a voice that loved words and the sounds they made, and that for a few short years held the nation in thrall. Read some of the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and they do not remain in the mind for long; hear them, and one can hardly forget them. It is likely that few people remember even a phrase from Louis Farrakhan’s two-hour speech at the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., in October, 1995; yet King’s fourteen-minute “I Have a Dream”...
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