To shape a new world: essays on the political philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr

Introduction: Martin Luther King, Jr., and political philosophy / Brandon M. Terry and Tommie Shelby

Part I. Traditions: The Du Bois-Washington debate and the idea of dignity / Robert Gooding-Williams

Moral perfectionism / Paul C. Taylor

The roots of civil disobedience in republicanism and slavery / Bernard R. Boxill

Showdown for nonviolence: the theory and practice of nonviolent politics / Karuna mantena

Part II. Ideals: From anger to love: self-purification and political resistance / Martha C. Nussbaum

The prophetic tension between race consciousness and the ideal of colorblindness / Ronald Sundstrom

Integration, freedom, and the affirmation of life / Danielle Allen

A vindication of voting rights / Derrick Darby

Part III. Justice: Prisons of the forgotten: ghettos and economic injustice / Tommie Shelby

Gender trouble: manhood, inclusion, and justice / Shatema Threadcraft and Brandon M. Terry

Living "in the red": time, debt, and justice / Lawrie Balfour

The costs of violence: militarism, geopolitics, and accountability / Lionel McPherson

Part IV. Conscience: The path of conscientious citizenship / Michele Moody-Adams

Requiem for a dream: the problem-space of black power / Brandon M. Terry

Hope and despair: past and present / Cornel West

Afterword: a sense of somebodiness: dignity as a weapon of love / Jonathan L. Walton.