Behind the Dream : The Making of the Speech That Transformed a Nation

from bruce_krafft

This book really makes the events seem real, it is as if you are watching them happen. You will hear about wiretapping, political maneuvering, ego bolstering and all kinds of things that went on before this historical march. How many people think of the actual march and why it happened? I don't t...

from cammykitty

At first I was disappointed with this book. It doesn't have the passion, the sense of great wrong being addressed and pushed back with Herculean effort that much writing about the Civil Rights Movement has. However, this book is basically primary source material about a part of the Civil Rights M...

from myrlton

I enjoyed this short book and would recommend it for anyone who would like a behing-the-curtain view of one of the iconic moments in American history. When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech, I was eight years old. I don't have a memory of it, but by 1968 I did know about his...

from woodsathome

I've recently read that Americans have always shown a special fascination with historical events 40-60 years in their past. That is to say people n the 1940s were interested in the turn of the century, while people in the 60s and 70s were curious about the twenties. Perhaps it's true. While the e...

from BAP1012

This was an interesting book about Martin Luther King's Dream speech giving background and back story. The book is written from Jones' perspective. He was King's lawyer and advisor who assisted in the original draft of the speech. The narrative is both factual and passionate and gives good insigh...