Liberty and Justice for All: Racial Reform and the Social Gospel (1877-1925) (Rauschenbusch Lectures, New Ser., 2)

In the century between the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln and the "I Have a Dream" speech of Martin Luther King, Jr., America sought both to rebuff and to redeem the promise of "liberty and justice for all." In this highly readable narrative, distinguished historian Ronald C. White, Jr., portrays the people, their ideas, and their ongoing struggle for racial reform in the United States from 1877-1925--a vital prelude to the modern civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr.