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I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr. by Arthur Flowers; Manu Chitrakar; Guglielmo Rossi is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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African American writer, griot and blues singer Arthur Flowers and Indian scroll painter Manu Chitrakar combine their very distinctive storytelling traditions in an extraordinary jam session, creating this stunning graphic narrative-style biography of Martin Luther King Jr. The engaging text describes the apartheid South in Martin Luther Kings time, which in many ways was not very different from the early days of slavery. Included are descriptions of the Montgomery Bus Boycott; the formation of civil rights groups; mass movements against segregation, such as the Albany Movement and the Childrens Crusade in Birmingham, after which King became black Americas acknowledged leader; and the influence on King of Gandhi, with his nonviolent approach to resistance. We are told about Kings personal struggles as well as the political challenges he faced with the rise of Malcolm X and Black Power. Flowers text concludes with a brief look at his legacy. Arthur Flowers tells a masterful story in musical prose, based on griot oral storytelling traditions, bringing his own perspective to the events he describes, while Manu Chitrakar carries the tale into the vivid idiom of Patua art, turning Kings

Who reads I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.?

Author

Arthur Flowers; Manu Chitrakar; Guglielmo Rossi

Publisher

Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press ; Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781554983285

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Young Adult, Memoir

Rating

3.88 / 5 (79 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13