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1) MLK: An American Legacy: Bearing the Cross, Protest at Selma, and The FBI and Martin Luther King. Jr

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Garrow, David J

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

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These three insightful works-including Pulitzer Prize winner Bearing the Cross-span the remarkable life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This collection from professor and historian David J. Garrow provides a multidimensional and fascinating portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr., and his lifelong mission to upend prejudices deeply entrenched in society and enact legal change that would achieve equality for African Americans one hundred years...

2) The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr: from "Solo" to Memphis

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Garrow, David J

Pub. Date

[1981]

Edition

First edition.

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English

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The author of Bearing the Cross, the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Martin Luther King Jr., exposes the government's massive surveillance campaign against the civil rights leader When US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy authorized a wiretap of Martin Luther King Jr.'s phones by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he set in motion one of the most invasive surveillance operations in American history. Sparked by informant reports of King's...

3) Liberty and Sexuality: The Right to Privacy and the Making of Roe v. Wade

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Garrow, David J

Pub. Date

2015.

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English

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"Pulitzer Prize-winning author David J. Garrow's stirring and essential history of the politics of abortion and America's battle for the right to choose In 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, and more than forty years later the issue continues to spark controversy and divisiveness. But behind this historic legal case lie the battles women fought to establish their rights to use contraceptives...

4) Rising star: the making of Barack Obama

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Garrow, David J

Pub. Date

[2017]

Edition

First edition.

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English

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"Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers. For anyone who wants to know more about the man, David Mendell's Obama is essential reading. Mendell, who covered Obama for the Chicago Tribune, had far-reaching access to the Chicago politician as Obama climbed the ladder to the...