In] this slim but powerful book .
Younge is adept at both distilling the facts and asking blunt questions.
--Boston GlobeUnequivocal.
--Financial TimesGary Younge's meditative retrospection on the speech's] significance reminds us of all the micro-moments of transformation behind the scenes--the thought and preparation, vision and revision--whose currency fed that magnificent lightning bolt in history.
--Patricia J.
Williams Gary Younge explains why Martin Luther King Jr.
's I Have a Dream speech maintains its powerful social relevance by sharing the dramatic story surrounding it.
Fifty years later, The Speech endures as a defining moment in the Civil Rights movement and a guiding light in the ongoing struggle for racial equality.
Younge roots his work in new and important interviews with Clarence Jones, a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr.
and his draft speechwriter; with Joan Baez, a singer at the march; and with Angela Davis and other leading civil rights leaders.
Younge skillfully captures the spirit of that historic day in Washington and offers a new generation of readers a critical modern analysis of why I Have a Dream remains America's favorite speech.
Gary Younge is an author, broadcaster, and award-winning columnist for the Guardian, based in Chicago, Illinois.
He also writes a monthly column for the Nation magazine and is the Alfred Knobler Fellow for The Nation Institute.
Haymarket Books The speech: the story behind dr. martin luther king jr.'s dream (updated paperback edition), paperback/gary younge
