ISBN:
9781469667836
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
394.261
Keywords:
Holidays History
;
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day History
;
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
;
Holidays
;
History
;
United States
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"Living the Dream tells the history behind the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the battle over King's legacy that continued through the decades that followed. Creating the first national holiday to honor an African American was a formidable achievement and an act of resistance against conservative and segregationist opposition"--