The Mighty Stream: Poems in Celebration of Martin Luther King

by Carolyn Forché and Jackie Kay

When he was awarded an honorary degree in civil law at Newcastle University in 1967, Dr Martin Luther King gave an electrifying extemporaneous address, speaking without notes, in which he said: 'There are three urgent and indeed great problems that we face today...That is the problem of racism, the problem of poverty and the problem of war.' As part of a fifty year anniversary and celebration, this anthology gathers poets from both sides of the Atlantic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780373929
• ISBN13: 9781780373928
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"