Raising King by Joseph Ross

Poetry collection by Joseph Ross. Epigraphs Authorized by the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. “Raising King is a poetic biography of a movement. The poems of Joseph Ross are photographs documenting history. They remind us to look again and not look away. The words of King and Ross creates a majestic duet. This book demands the readers become a chorus. Let it lift every voice and sing. We are a nation in need of song. Ross has given us words that capture the thunder and sounds of protest. Raising King prepares us for the storm that will hopefully baptize us into beauty.” --E.Ethelbert Miller, poet and literary activist, host of On The Margin, WPFW 89.3 FM “Raising King is a groundbreaking poetry collection that helps to rescue the radically compassionate legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Joseph Ross brilliantly reminds us that King’s power derived from the way in which he forced American and global citizens to confront uncomfortable truths about race, poverty, citizenship, an