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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Honey, Michael K., author.
Title: To the promised land : Martin Luther King and the fight for economic
justice / Michael K. Honey.
Description: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017060268 | ISBN 9780393651263 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–1968. | Equality—Economic
aspects—United States—History—20th century. | African Americans—
Economic conditions—20th century. | African Americans—Civil rights—
History—20th century. | Poor People’s Campaign. | Discrimination in
employment—United States—History—20th century. | Right to labor—United
States—History—20th century. | Civil rights movements—United States—
History—20th century. | African Americans—Biography. | Civil rights workers—
United States—Biography.
Classification: LCC E185.97.K5 H59 2018 | DDC 323.029—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017060268
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