As the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum, and books like Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me and Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric swing national attention toward the racism and violence that continue to poison our communities, it's as urgent now as ever to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., whose insistence on equality and peace defined the Civil Rights Movement and forever changed the course of American history.
This collection ranges from an early 1961 interview in which King describes his reasons for joining the ministry (after considering medicine), to a 1964 conversation with Robert Penn Warren, to his last interview, which was conducted on stage at the convention of the Rabbinical Assembly, just ten days before King's assassination.
Timely, poignant, and inspiring, Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview and Other Conversations is an essential addition to the Last Interview series.
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"Let Kathryn in," said Coretta Scott King to authorities. Three simple words provided Kathryn Johnson, a reporter for The Associated Press's Atlanta bureau, unprecedented access to the grieving widow in the days following her husband's death.
Johnson was on her way to a movie date when word came from Memphis that Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated. She immediately headed for the King home where, despite resistance from authorities on the scene, she was the only reporter allowed inside.
Johnson's many years covering King and his family had earned her the trust to be a discreet, observant witness to the aftermath of a defining moment in American history.
Kathryn Johnson covered the Civil Rights movement across the South in the 1960s, often risking her own safety to observe first-hand the events of this great era. Her stories took her from witnessing the integration of the University of Georgia by dressing as a student, to hiding unobserved under a table near an infamous schoolhouse door in Alabama, to marching with the massive crowd from Selma to Montgomery.
Johnson, one of the only female reporters on the scene, threw herself into charged situations with a determination to break the news no matter what. Including never-before-published photos, My Time With the Kings: A Reporter's Recollections of Martin, Coretta and the Civil Rights Movement is a personal account of this period and a singular addition to the story of the Civil Rights movement.
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How about a revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X?
The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies.
The response of the radical King to our catastrophic moment can be put in one word: revolution - a revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life, and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens.
Could it be that we know so little of the radical King because such courage defies our market-driven world?
Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was.
Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes 23 selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King's revolutionary vision, underscoring his identification with the poor, his unapologetic opposition to the Vietnam War, and his crusade against global imperialism.
As West writes, "Although much of America did not know the radical King - and too few know today - the FBI and US government did. They called him the most dangerous man in America." This book unearths a radical King that we can no longer sanitize.
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The niece of Martin Luther King, Jr. reveals six timeless and universal principles that encompass the civil rights leader’s greatest legacy: Love will see you through.
Growing up as the niece of Martin Luther King Jr., Angela Farris Watkins witnessed firsthand the principles and values that "Uncle M.L." practiced and lived by throughout his fight for equality.
Drawing from experiences and episodes both personal and well-known, Dr. Watkins artfully details the guiding beliefs of one of the greatest men in history.
Including "have courage" and "love your enemies," the six hallmarks of virtue and nonviolence in Love Will See You Through: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Six Guiding Beliefs (As Told by His Niece) reinforce the truth that "the universe honors love" and will inspire children and readers of all ages.
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An introduction to the achievements and lasting influence of the heroic civil rights leader, I Am Martin Luther King, Jr. covers topics ranging from King's organization of the Montgomery Bus Boycott to his famed "I Have a Dream" speech for readers ages 7 to 10 years old.
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I helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott. I am only 34 when I give the "I Have a Dream" speech. I am Martin Luther King Jr.
Learn all about this heroic man, whose accomplishments are truly inspiring, in the continuation of Scholastic's latest biography series by Grace Norwich: I Am. This book features illustrations throughout, a timeline, an introduction to the people you'll meet in the book, maps, sidebars, and a top ten list of important things to know about Martin Luther King Jr.
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This 50th anniversary tribute to the Civil Rights leader and the inspirational speech he delivered in August of 1963 combines magnificent artwork by the Caldecott Honor-winning artist of Henry's Freedom Box with the actual text from one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in our nation's history. Includes a CD of Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his famous speech.
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 magificent paintings, make I Have a Dream: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 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.
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A succinct and accessible chronicle of key events in the Civil Rights Movement by the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of the trilogy that includes Parting the Waters, The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement traces how the Movement evolved from a bus strike to a political and social revolution.
In Taylor Branch's latest book, Branch has identified eighteen essential moments from the Civil Rights Movement, and providing selections from his trilogy, has placed each moment in historical context with a newly written introduction.
The captivating result is a slender but comprehensive view of America in the turbulent, transformative 1960s, by our nation's foremost authoritative voice on the subject.
Branch looks back on his own work with fresh insight about what lessons and challenges remain most salient today. This compact book conveys the full sweep of an era, showing how a small bus boycott evolved into the signature freedom movement of the 20th century, generating worldwide inspiration and sustained progress toward equal citizenship in areas far beyond racial discrimination.
The King Years is meant for general readers, but Branch designed it also as a teaching tool for the digital age. Starting in January 2013, from his hometown, Branch made this book the centerpiece for an experimental online seminar offered by the University of Baltimore. New, interactive technology lent itself to an unmatched course on democratic leadership for a worldwide audience.
With this unique, handy addition to the literature on civil rights, readers can equip themselves for an uncertain future by absorbing hope from our resilient past.
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Edited by one James M. Washington, this lengthy tome collects civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s writings on nonviolence, social policy, integration, black nationalism and more.
"We've got some difficult days ahead," civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., told a crowd gathered at Memphis's Clayborn Temple on April 3, 1968. "But it really doesn't matter to me now because I've been to the mountaintop... And I've seen the promised land. 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."
These prophetic words, uttered the day before his assassination, challenged those he left behind to see that his "promised land" of racial equality became a reality; a reality to which King devoted the last 12 years of his life.
These words and other are commemorated here in the only major one-volume collection of this seminal twentieth-century American prophet's writings, speeches, interviews and autobiographical reflections.
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. contains Martin Luther King, Jr.'s essential thoughts on nonviolence, social policy, integration, black nationalism, the ethics of love and hope, and more.
Editor James M. Washington was, for more than 20 years, a professor of church history at Union Theoloical Seminary in New York City and was considered a leading authority on Martin Luther King, Jr.
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In this essential reading, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family comes together for the first time to share their reflections and memories of the great civil rights leader.
Included in Martin Luther King Jr.: contributions from his sister (the only surviving member of his immediate family), his children, his in-laws, his nieces and nephews, and even his grandchildren, who, although they never met him, explain what his legacy means to them.
Edited by Angela Farris Watkins, this is a personal and loving portrait that incorporates previously unpublished photographs and new images of the National Mall memorial.
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On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in the nation's history.
His words, paired with the Caldecott Honor winner Kadir Nelson's magnificent paintings, make I Have a Dream a picture book certain to be treasured by children and adults alike.
This 50th anniversary tribute to the civil rights leader also includes a CD of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his famous speech.
Located in Hunt Valley, Maryland and part of Baltimore County, Greetings & Readings of Hunt Valley is the premier independent bookstore in Maryland.
With forewords by Coretta Scott King and the Reverend Dr. Raphael G. Warnock, A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings is a volume of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s best-known homilies.
As Dr. King prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love. A Gift of Love includes those classic sermons, along with two new preachings.
Collectively, they present King's fusion of Christian teachings and social consciousness and promote his prescient vision of love as a social and political force for change.
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