. . "History." . . "Bürgerrechtsbewegung." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Freedom & Security Civil Rights." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Freedom & Security Human Rights." . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Baptisten." . . "Noirs américains Droits États-Unis Montgomery (Ala.)." . . "Schwarze." . . "Montgomery (Ala.)" . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Political." . . "HISTORY United States 20th Century." . . "UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)" . . "Becoming King Martin Luther King Jr. and the making of a national leader" . "Troy Jackson chronicles King's emergence and effectiveness as a civil rights leader by examining his relationship with the people of Montgomery, Alabama. Using the sharp lens of Montgomery's struggle for racial equality to investigate King's burgeoning leadership, Jackson explores King's ability to connect with the educated and the unlettered, professionals and the working class. In particular, Jackson highlights King's alliances with Jo Ann Robinson, a young English professor at Alabama State University; E.D. Nixon, a middle-aged Pullman porter and head of the local NAACP chapter; and Virginia Durr, a courageous white woman who bailed Rosa Parks out of jail after Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white person. Drawing on countless interviews and archival sources, Jackson compares King's sermons and religious writings before, during, and after the Montgomery bus boycott. Jackson demonstrates how King's voice and message evolved during his time in Montgomery, reflecting the shared struggles, challenges, experiences, and hopes of the people with whom he worked." . "Biography" . "Biography"@en . . . "Without question, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is the face of the civil rights revolution that reshaped the social and political landscape of the United States. Although many biographers and historians have examined Dr. King's activism, few have recognized the pivotal role that the people of Montgomery, Alabama, played in preparing him for leadership. King arrived in Montgomery as a virtually unknown doctoral student, but his activities there-from organizing the Montgomery bus boycott to building relationships with local activists such as Rufus Lewis, E. D. Nixon, and Virginia Durr-established h." . "Becoming King Martin Luther King, Jr. and the making of a national leader"@en . . "Without question, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is the face of the civil rights revolution that reshaped the social and political landscape of the United States. Although many biographers and historians have examined Dr. King's activism, few have recognized the pivotal role that the people of Montgomery, Alabama, played in preparing him for leadership. King arrived in Montgomery as a virtually unknown doctoral student, but his activities there-from organizing the Montgomery bus boycott to building relationships with local activists such as Rufus Lewis, E.D. Nixon, and Virginia Durr-established h."@en . . . . "Becoming King Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader" . . . . . "Becoming King : Martin Luther King, Jr. and the making of a national leader" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . "Becoming King : Martin Luther King Jr. and the making of a national leader"@en . "Becoming King : Martin Luther King Jr. and the making of a national leader" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . "USA." . . "Political Science." . .