Origins of the Dream Hughes's Poetry and King's Rhetoric |
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| Author:
| Miller, W. Jason |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-6200-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2016 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Reveals the connection between Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and Langston Hughes's poetry. During his research for this book, W. Jason Miller discovered a long forgotten reel-to-reel tape of King's first "I Have a Dream" speech, which was delivered in a high school gymnasium in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Reveals the connection between Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and Langston Hughes's poetry. During his research for this book, W. Jason Miller discovered a long forgotten reel-to-reel tape of King's first "I Have a Dream" speech, which was delivered in a high school gymnasium in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.