Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was. Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King's revolutionary...

From the Publisher: In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this important work, which has been unavailable for more than ten years, we find King's acute analysis of American race relations and the state of the movement after a decade of civil rights efforts. King lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams...

Presents the life, words, and principles of the noted civil rights worker through extensive quotations from his speeches and writings.

"Focusing on New Orleans from 1940 to 1960, Dr. Thompson traces the social origins of Negro leaders. He show the varied influences which have formed the leadership class- family background, professional opportunity, economic environment, and education. Unusual in its frankness, this report takes the reader behind the scenes. It offers an unvarnished picture of the conflicting forces which face the Negro leader, not only from the outside, but also...