I may not get there with you: the true Martin Luther King, Jr

Preface: "We as a people will get to the promised land": Martin and us

Introduction: "You don't need to go out saying Martin Luther King, Jr. Is a saint": The American hero

Ideology

"I saw that dream turn Into a nightmare": From color-blindness to black compensation

"Most Americans are unconscious racists": Beyond liberalism

"As I ponder the madness of Vietnam": The outlines of a militant pacifism

"America must move toward a democratic socialism": A progressive social blueprint

"We did engage in a black power move": An Integrationist embraces enlightened black nationalism

Identity

"I had to know God for myself": The shape of a radical faith

"Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech": Constructing a unique voice

"There Is a civil war going on within all of us": Sexual personae in the revolution

"I have walked among the desperate, rejected, and angry": Two generations of the young, gifted, and black

"The primary obligation of the woman Is that of motherhood": The pitfalls of patriarchy

Image

"Be true to what you said on paper": A critical patriotism

"I won't have any money to leave behind": The ownership of a great man

"If I have to go through this to give the people a symbol": The burden of representation.