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An "immersive, humanizing, and demystifying" (Charles Blow, New York Times) look at the final time of Dr. King's life as he looks for to revive the non-violent civil protection under the law movement and push to end poverty in the us. At 10:33 a. m. on April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther Ruler, Jr., got in Memphis over a trip from Atlanta. A march that he previously led in Memphis six days earlier to support striking garbage workers had converted into a riot, and Ruler was returning to prove that he could lead a violent-free protest. King's reputation as a credible, non-violent leader of the civil protection under the law movement was in danger just as he was starting the Poor People's Campaign. He was contacting for considerable civil disobedience in the nation's capital to pressure lawmakers to enact sweeping anti-poverty legislation. But Ruler didn't live long enough to lead the protest. He was fatally shot at 6:01 p. m. on April 4 in Memphis. Redemption is an intimate look at the last 31 time and 28 minutes of King's life. Ruler was worn out from a brutal speaking program. He had been denounced in the press and by politics leaders as a realtor of assault. He was facing dissent even within the civil protection under the law motion and among his own personnel at the Southern Christian Leadership Seminar. In Memphis, a federal judge injunction was barring him from marching. As hazards against Ruler mounted, he feared an imminent, violent loss of life. The risks were substantial, the pressure intense. For the stormy nights April 3, Ruler gathered the strength to speak at a rally on behalf of sanitation workers. The "Mountaintop Speech", an eloquent and keen appeal for workers' protection under the law and economical justice, exhibited his oratorical mastery at its finest. Redemption draws on a large number of interviews by the writer with people who were immersed in the Memphis incidents, features recently released documents from Atlanta archives, and includes engaging photos. The new material reveals untold facets of the story including a never-before-reported lapse by the Memphis Law enforcement Division to provide security for Ruler. It unveils financial and logistical dilemmas and recounts the mental and marital pressures which were bedeviling Ruler. Also revealed is what his assassin, James Earl Ray, was doing in Memphis through the same time and how a series of extraordinary breaks enabled Ray to create a sniper's nest and blast King. Original and riveting, Redemption relives the theatre of King's final hours.
