TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Clarence B.
AU  - Connelly,Stuart
TI  - Behind the dream: the making of the speech that transformed a nation 
SN  - 9780230103689 (hc)
AV  - E185.97.K5 J576 2011
U1  - 323.092 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Speeches, addresses, etc., American
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Civil rights movements
KW  - United States
N2  - "I have a dream." When those words were spoken on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, the crowd stood, electrified, as Martin Luther King, Jr. brought the plight of African Americans to the public consciousness and firmly established himself as one of the greatest orators of all time. Behind the Dream is a thrilling, behind-the-scenes account of the weeks leading up to the great event, as told by Clarence Jones, co-writer of the speech and close confidant to King. Jones was there, on the road, collaborating with the great minds of the time, and hammering out the ideas and the speech that would shape the civil rights movement and inspire Americans for years to come
ER  -