Compiled from his own words, this autobiography reveals the life of Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered, inquisitive child and student who rebelled against segregation; the dedicated young minister who constantly questioned the depths of his faith and the limits of his wisdom; the loving husband and father who sought to balance his family's ...
A beautiful gift edition of the most memorable and perhaps most inspiring speech given by one of our century's greatest civil rights leaders and orators.
American civil rights leader and Nobel Prize recipient Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968) inspired and sustained the struggle for freedom, non-violence, racial integration and human brotherhood, and passionately defined the conscience of a nation by advocating social justice worldwide. Arranged chronologically, this is a collection of his public ...
Writing in the 1960s for a general audience, Dr. King reflects on the recent history of the civil rights movement--especially the campaign in Birmingham, Alabama, which brings him hope--on the assassination of President Kennedy, and on the the necessary struggle to come.
A record of the American civil rights movement. Included are speeches by Martin Luther King Jr, and his "Letter from Birmingham City Jail", an interview with Rosa Parks, selections from "Malcolm X Speaks"; Black Panther Bobby Seale's "Seize the Time", a piece by Herman Badillo on the infamous Attica prison uprising; addresses by Harold Washington, ...
In one of the most important books published by King in his lifetime, he tells the story of the successful bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, which was initiated by Rosa Parks's historic refusal, in December, 1955, to give up her seat on a bus for a white person. He tells the behind-the-scenes struggle to build a movement based on the philosophy ...
Eloquent and passionate, reasoned and sensitive, this pair of meditations by the revered civil-rights leader contains the theological roots of his political and social philosophy of nonviolent activism.
This landmark collection of Dr. King's speeches includes "The Birth of a New Nation" from 1955; "I Have a Dream," the famous speech delivered at the 1963 march on Washington; and "I've Been to the Mountaintop," which was given by King on the night before his assassination.
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this important work, which has been unavailable for more than ten years, we find King's acute analysis of American race relations and the state of the movement ...
This landmark collection of Dr. King's speeches includes "The Birth of a New Nation" from 1955; "I Have a Dream," the famous speech delivered at the 1963 march on Washington; and "I've Been to the Mountaintop," which was given by King on the night before his assassination.
A collection of words and inspiration by three of the 20th century's most preeminent humanitarians. "Peace," "Dream," and "Love" feature an introduction by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
With its radical ideology and effective tactics, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was the cutting edge of the civil rights movement during the 1960s. This sympathetic yet even-handed book records for the first time the complete story of SNCC's evolution, of its successes and its difficulties in the ongoing struggle to end white ...
Dr. Martin Luther King delivered the stirring "I Have A Dream" speech before the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. The event was pivotal in the civil rights movement, and the speech is considered one of the finest pieces of oratory ever delivered in America. The following year, Congress passed a strong civil-rights bill, and King received the ...
Celebrate Black History Month with this thought-provoking and timely guidebook designed to help end the racism that exists not only on our streets, but in ourselves. Foreword by Martin Luther King, III.
This is volume III of the papers of martin Luther King, Jr., edited by Clayborne Carson with the cooperation of the King family. "Birth of a New Age" chronicles the tumultuous events surrounding the epochal Montgomery bus boycott of 1956, and the emergence of Dr. King as a public figure, both nationally and internationally.
Chronicles the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott sparked by Mrs. Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white male, describing the plans and problems of a nonviolent campaign, reprisals by the white community, and the eventual attainment of desegrated city bus service.
In assembling an incredible mass of raw material, the FBI has made possible a reassembling of the history of Malcolm X that goes beyond the means of any team of researchers. From the opening of his file in March of 1953 to his assassination in 1965, the story of Malcolm X's political life reads like a gripping biography.
Dedicated to documenting the life of America's best-known advocate for peace and justice, "The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr." breaks the chronology of its series to present King's never-before-published sermon file. In 1997 Mrs. Coretta Scott King granted the King Papers Project permission to examine papers kept in boxes in the basement of the ...
This is volume I of the papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Edited under the direction of Clayborne Carson, this project had the approval and cooperation of the King family. "Called to Serve" covers the years 1929 through 1951, and includes letters and other youthful writings on both religious and personal themes, as well as essays written while ...
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