The sword and the shield: the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr
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Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
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©2020
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First edition: April 2020
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English
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"The Sword and the Shield is a dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King that transforms our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders. Peniel E. Joseph reveals a nuanced portrait of two men who, despite markedly different backgrounds, inspired and pushed each other throughout their adult lives. This is a strikingly revisionist biography, not only of Malcolm and Martin, but also of the movement and era they came to define"--
Subjects
Subjects
African Americans
African Americans -- Biography
Baptists
Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography
Black Muslims
Black Muslims -- Biography
Civil rights workers
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
Clergy
King, Martin Luther
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968
X, Malcolm
X, Malcolm, -- 1925-1965
African Americans -- Biography
Baptists
Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography
Black Muslims
Black Muslims -- Biography
Civil rights workers
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
Clergy
King, Martin Luther
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968
X, Malcolm
X, Malcolm, -- 1925-1965
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9781541617865
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Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography
Black Muslims -- Biography
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
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Baptists
Black Muslims
Civil rights workers
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X, Malcolm
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Black Muslims
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Clergy
King, Martin Luther
X, Malcolm
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