4.5
Going Down Jericho Road
ByPublisher Description
The definitive history of the epic struggle for economic justice that became Martin Luther King Jr.'s last crusade.
Memphis in 1968 was ruled by a paternalistic "plantation mentality" embodied in its good-old-boy mayor, Henry Loeb. Wretched conditions, abusive white supervisors, poor education, and low wages locked most black workers into poverty. Then two sanitation workers were chewed up like garbage in the back of a faulty truck, igniting a public employee strike that brought to a boil long-simmering issues of racial injustice.With novelistic drama and rich scholarly detail, Michael Honey brings to life the magnetic characters who clashed on the Memphis battlefield: stalwart black workers; fiery black ministers; volatile, young, black-power advocates; idealistic organizers and tough-talking unionists; the first black members of the Memphis city council; the white upper crust who sought to prevent change or conflagration; and, finally, the magisterial Martin Luther King Jr., undertaking a Poor People's Campaign at the crossroads of his life, vilified as a subversive, hounded by the FBI, and seeing in the working poor of Memphis his hopes for a better America.
Download the free Fable app
Stay organized
Keep track of what you’re reading, what you’ve finished, and what’s next.
Build a better TBR
Swipe, skip, and save with our smart list-building tool
Rate and review
Share your take with other readers with half stars, emojis, and tags
Curate your feed
Meet readers like you in the Fable For You feed, designed to build bookish communitiesStay organized
Keep track of what you’re reading, what you’ve finished, and what’s next.Build a better TBR
Swipe, skip, and save with our smart list-building toolRate and review
Share your take with other readers with half stars, emojis, and tagsCurate your feed
Meet readers like you in the Fable For You feed, designed to build bookish communitiesGoing Down Jericho Road Reviews
4.5
Coach Beck
Created over 5 years agoShare
Report
Zippernek
Created over 6 years agoShare
Report
“FYI - 500 pages of text and about 100 pages of notes/annotation.
About 450 pages of GDJR's text is devoted primarily to the three months prior to Martin Luther King, Jr's assassination, the balance covers the two weeks from the assassination to the signing of the agreement between the sanitation workers and the city. Though the balance makes sense considering the magnitude of the pre versus post assassination events, it still left me wanting more insight into the impact the agreement had on the workers. So look for something else if you are interested in how the sanitation workers or city fared after the signing or anything specific about James Earl Ray or any post event commentary from any key figure.
Nevertheless, the book is a fascinating read about the people, the events, the times, the maneuvering and the politicking that left two men dead, a movement in jeopardy and a city and nation in despair. A bit heavy on the names and details of marches and the many many meetings but the narrative keeps moving you forward.”
languagefartz
Created almost 18 years agoShare
Report
About Michael K. Honey
Michael K. Honey, a former Southern civil rights and civil liberties organizer, is Haley Professor of Humanities at the University of Washington Tacoma, where he teaches labor, ethnic, and gender studies and American history. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and has won numerous research fellowships and book awards for his books on labor, race relations, and civil rights history, including the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Going Down Jericho Road. He lives in Tacoma with his wife, Pat Krueger.
Start a Book Club
Start a public or private book club with this book on the Fable app today!FAQ
Do I have to buy the ebook to participate in a book club?
Why can’t I buy the ebook on the app?
How is Fable’s reader different from Kindle?
Do you sell physical books too?
Are book clubs free to join on Fable?
How do I start a book club with this book on Fable?
Books Similar to Going Down Jericho Road
Save to a list
0
/30
0
/100
Private List