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This 4 page paper examines Chapter 11 from the book and focuses on two thematic elements: Martin Luther King's humanness and the fact that prejudice was hidden. The Civil Rights era is the focus of this paper. No additional sources cited.
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buried. It is not as if a fiction was created but rather, a great deal of evidence to come from the time period was left out. At least, few historians
recorded the details of the era. In other words, many people are simply not aware of the significance of the period. In the work, Garrow goes into great detail to
relay information about the time period and about how Martin Luther King lived and how he thought. A portrait is painted of King, but also of other relevant players who
lived at the time, and it sheds light on the events that made headlines. In this comprehensive volume, it is Chapter 11 that seems to stand out. Chapter 11
begins by talking about the SCLC and how it would oppose all candidates who support the Vietnam War (Garrow 575). It is also noted that, at the time, Martin Luther
King would suggest focusing all efforts on the North (Garrow 575). Interestingly, Kings possible run is discussed in this chapter, but it is quickly dismissed as King claimed to
have no such ambitions, at least not as a third party candidate (Garrow 576). Still, it is true that Martin Luther King was very powerful then and that point comes
through loud and clear in the chapter. It is also noted that blacks and whites did not like him, as they saw him as too moderate and bourgeois (Garrow 577).
Of course, a more radical black leader to come from the decade is Malcolm X. It is noted in the chapter that six days after the primary in Cleveland,
the Supreme Court would deny King a hearing on the Birmingham convictions (Garrow 579). Martin Luther King would begin to serve jail time and he had a host of supporters
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