Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) , Nobel Peace Prize laureate and architect of the nonviolent civil rights movement, was among the twentieth century’s most influential figures. One of the greatest orators in U.S. history, King is the author of several books, including Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. His speeches, sermons, and writings are inspirational and timeless.
King founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and effectively promoted the cause of equal rights through nonviolent demonstration. Some 200,000 people joined him in the "March on Washington" in 1963. He was the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
The civil rights activist was the architect of the nonviolent civil rights
movement, and was among the twentieth century's most influential figures. One of
the greatest orators in U.S. history, King also authored several books,
including Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, Where Do We Go from
Here: Chaos or Community?, and Why We Can't Wait. His speeches, sermons, and
writings are inspirational and timeless. King was assassinated in Memphis,
Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.
King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986. Hundreds of streets in the U.S. have been renamed in his honor. A memorial statue on the National Mall was opened to the public in 2011.
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
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by Martin Luther King Jr., Vincent Harding (Intro), Coretta Scott King (Foreword)
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press; Reprint edition (January 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0807000760
ISBN-13: 978-0807000762
Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.9 x 8.8 inches
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 significantly
prophetic 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 after a decade of civil rights efforts. Here he lays out
his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America's future, including the need
for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education.
With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King
demanded an end to global suffering, powerfully asserting that
humankind-for the first time-has the resources and technology to
eradicate poverty.
Coretta Scott King
(1927 - 2006), the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., was
an American author and human rights activist. She helped lead the civil
rights movement after King’s assassination, carrying the message of
nonviolence and the dream of a beloved community to many countries, and
spearheading coalitions and foundations.
Civil rights activist Vincent Harding
was a friend and colleague of
King’s and worked with Coretta Scott King to establish the King Center
in Atlanta, serving as its first director. A distinguished theologian
and historian, he is the award-winning author of several books and lives
in Denver, Colorado.
Voices Reflections on an American Icon Through Words and Song
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Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Dalmatian Press (December 15, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1403739846
Some 40 years after his death, Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., is being honored through powerful words and song in a special Boxed
set [Book & CD in jewel case) from Dalmatian Press and The Choral Arts
Society of Washington. Voices: Reflections on an American Icon in Words
and Song comprises 96 pages of remembrances as well as music inspired by
the American movement for Civil Rights.
The book offers reflections from foot soldiers who marched alongside Dr.
King, contemporary observers, and distinguished witnesses to history,
such as Julian Bond, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, and Harris Wofford, assistant
to President John F. Kennedy. Also included are writers, like the
spirited poet Nikki
Giovanni, Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Patterson, and journalist John
Seigenthaler, an assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Nobel
Peace Prize-winners Jimmy Carter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have also
added their thoughts on King, whose passion was to bring all people
together in a symphony of love, said Noel Leo Erskine, an associate
professor of ethics and theology at Emory University.
Dr. King considered music to be the soul of the Civil Rights movement,
embracing protestors in companionship and a common cause. The freedom
songs are playing a strong and vital role in our struggle, he once said.
I think they keep alive a faith, a radiant hope in the future,
particularly in our most trying times.
The Voices CD features one of the countries finest symphonic choirs, The
Choral Arts Society of Washington. Members lift their voices in songs
such as Goin' Up to Glory, Lift Every Voice and Sing, and Dr. King s
favorite hymn, Precious Lord, Take My Hand. Music was selected from the
Society's annual tributes to Dr. King at The John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts..
"Nothing surpasses the power of music to knit together our differences,
heal our wounds, and inspire our spirits," said Norman Scribner, Society
Artistic Director. "We feel privileged and joyful to be able to add our
voices in song to his memory, and to his timeless message for us all."
A
Call To Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King
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Format: Hardcover, 240pp.
ISBN: 0446523992
Publisher: Warner
Pub. Date: January 2001
His speeches stirred a generation to change -- and outlined a practical way to economic freedom and true democracy. His words would help bring about the end of a brutally unequal system -- and would show a timeless method for achieving fairness and justice for all.
A Call to Conscience is a milestone collection of Dr. King's most influential and best-known speeches. Compiled by Stanford historian Dr. Clayborne Carson, director of the King Papers Project, and by contributing editor Kris Shepard, this volume takes you behind the scenes on an astonishing historical journey -- from the small, crowded church in Montgomery, Alabama, where "The Birth of a New Nation" ignited the modern civil rights movement; to the center of the nation's capital, where "I Have a Dream" echoed through a nation's conscience; to the Mason Temple in Memphis, where over ten thousand people heard Dr. King give his last, transcendent speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop," the night before his assassination. In twelve important introductions, some of the world's most renowned leaders and theologians -- Andrew Young, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and Mrs. Rosa Parks, among others -- share with you their reflections on these speeches and give priceless firsthand testimony on the events that inspired their delivery.
Expressing a deeply felt faith in democracy, the power of loving change, and a self-deprecating humor, A Call to Conscience is Dr. King speaking today. It is a unique, unforgettable record of the words that rallied millions, forever changed the face of America, and even today shape our deepest personal hopes and dreams for the future.
I
Have a Dream (Book & CD)
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Martin Luther King Jr. (Author), Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade; Har/Com edition (October 9, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375858873
ISBN-13: 978-0375858871
Product Dimensions: 11 x 0.5 x 11 inches
Winner 2013 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award
From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King: “My
father’s dream continues to live on from generation to generation, and this
beautiful and powerful illustrated edition of his world-changing "I Have a
Dream" speech brings his inspiring message of freedom, equality, and peace
to the youngest among us—those who will one day carry his dream forward for
everyone.”
On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on
Washington, Martin Luther King gave one of the most powerful and memorable
speeches in our nation's history. His words, paired with Caldecott Honor
winner Kadir Nelson's magnificent paintings, make for a picture book certain
to be treasured by children and adults alike. The themes of equality and
freedom for all are not only relevant today, 50 years later, but also
provide young readers with an important introduction to our nation's past.
Included with the book is an audio CD of the speech.
April
4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America
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Hardcover: 290 pages
Publisher: Basic Civitas Books (March 31, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0465002129
ISBN-13: 978-0465002122
Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King--the prophet for racial and economic justice in America--ended his final speech with the words, "I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."
Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author Michael Eric Dyson uses the fortieth anniversary of King's assassination as the occasion for a provocative and fresh examination of how King fought, and faced, his own death, and we should use his death and legacy. Dyson also uses this landmark anniversary as the starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of Black America over the four decades that followed King's death. Dyson ambitiously investigates the ways in which African-Americans have in fact made it to the Promised Land of which King spoke, while shining a bright light on the ways in which the nation has faltered in the quest for racial justice. He also probes the virtues and flaws of charismatic black leadership that has followed in King's wake, from Jesse Jackson to Barack Obama.
Always engaging and inspiring, April 4, 1968 celebrates the prophetic leadership of Dr. King, and challenges America to renew its commitment to his deeply moral vision.
Voices
Reflections on an American Icon Through Words and Song
Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Dalmatian Press; Boxed Set -CD with Jewel Case edition (December
15, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1403739846
ISBN-13: 978-1403739841
Some 40 years after his death, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is being
honored through powerful words and song in a special Boxed set [Book & CD in
jewel case) from Dalmatian Press and The Choral Arts Society of Washington.
Voices: Reflections on an American Icon in Words and Song comprises 96 pages
of remembrances as well as music inspired by the American movement for Civil
Rights.
The book offers reflections from foot soldiers who marched alongside Dr.
King, contemporary observers, and distinguished witnesses to history, such
as Julian Bond, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, and Harris Wofford, assistant to
President John F. Kennedy. Also included are writers, like the spirited poet
Nikki Giovanni, Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Patterson, and journalist John
Seigenthaler, an assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Nobel
Peace Prize-winners Jimmy Carter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have also added
their thoughts on King, whose passion was to bring all people together in a
symphony of love, said Noel Leo Erskine, an associate professor of ethics
and theology at Emory University.
Dr. King considered music to be the soul of the Civil Rights movement,
embracing protestors in companionship and a common cause. The freedom songs
are playing a strong and vital role in our struggle, he once said. I think
they keep alive a faith, a radiant hope in the future, particularly in our
most trying times.
The Voices CD features one of the countrys finest symphonic choirs, The
Choral Arts Society of Washington. Members lift their voices in songs such
as Goin' Up to Glory, Lift Every Voice and Sing, and Dr. King s favorite
hymn, Precious Lord, Take My Hand. Music was selected from the Society's
annual tributes to Dr. King at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts..
"Nothing surpasses the power of music to knit together our differences, heal
our wounds, and inspire our spirits," said Norman Scribner, Society Artistic
Director. "We feel privileged and joyful to be able to add our voices in
song to his memory, and to his timeless message for us all."
What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
ISBN: 0874850274
Format: Hardcover, 251pp
Pub. Date: February 1976
Publisher: Johnson Publishing Company, Incorporated
'An eloquent account:' 'NEWSDAY.
'(Bennett) has succeeded in giving his readers an intimate look into the physical, mental, and spiritual growth of Dr. King.' 'BOSTON GLOBE
Martin
Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968. (Ebony Picture Biography Series)
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Johnson Publishing Co., Ebony Magazine (Editor)
ISBN: 0874850258
Format: Paperback, 76pp
Pub. Date: June 1968
Publisher: Johnson Publishing Company, Incorporated
This picture biography tells the story of the end and the beginning of the life, public and private, of the man who "tried to love and serve humanity." Eighty-two pages of photographs, accompanied by text taken from the eloquent speeches of Dr. King himself.
' reprint the full text of Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream."
' the martyred civil rights leader's life.
' his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize.
' the funeral in Atlanta.
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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by Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0786807148
Format: Hardcover, 40pp
Pub. Date: October 2001
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Edition Description: All Ages
Child Magazine
A Child Magazine Best Book of 2001
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message of love, justice, and freedom shines
through every page of this powerhouse of a book. Watercolor and cut-paper
collages pack a visual punch, and the fluid narrative is simple enough for
young readers.
Other MLK Titles - Click here to order any of them
I Have a Dream: The Life & Words of Martin Luther King, JR.The
Portable Martin Luther King, JR.: Quotations from the Speeches, Essays, & Lectures of
Martin Luther King, JR.
Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King / Hardcover /
We Can All Get along: Fifty Steps You Can Take to
Help End Racism
Clyde W. Ford, Martin Luther King, King Martin Luther Jr / Paperback
Martin Luther King JR.: Commemorative Gift Set Martin Luther King / Paperback
In Struggle: SNCC & the Black Awakening of the
1960's
Martin Luther King / Paperback
King, Malcolm, Baldwin: Three Interviews
Martin Luther King, James Baldwin, Kenneth Bancroft Clark, Malcolm
X / Paperback
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King / Hardcover
The Martin Luther King JR Complete
Martin Luther King,Coretta Scott King / Paperback
My Life with Martin Luther King, JR.
Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King (Editor), Dexter King (Editor), Yolanda King
(Editor) / Paperback
MLK QUOTES complied by Steve Spanoudis
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.""Darkness can not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
"Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
"If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well."
"We must use time creatively -- and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things."
"We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart."
"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
