1929-1968

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1929-1968

Martin Luther King, Jr.

a King family tribute
2012
Contains recollections of Martin Luther King, Jr. from his family and friends as well as thoughts from grandnephews and nieces who never knew him.

Gospel of freedom

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the struggle that changed a nation
2013
Discusses Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter From Birmingham Jail" and how it changed the African American civil rights movement.

How to analyze the works of Martin Luther King Jr.

2013
Explains how to use critical theory to analyze the speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.

The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

2011
Contains essays that offer varying perspectives on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. from different time periods, cultures, and ideologies, providing background on the life of Martin Luther King Jr., discussing controversies surrounding his assassination, and sharing personal narratives.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. encyclopedia

2008
Contains more than 240 alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on figures, events, influences, and other topics in the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bearing the cross

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
2004
An account of the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. based on personal interviews, his personal papers, FBI documents, etc.

Going down Jericho Road

the Memphis strike, Martin Luther King's last campaign
2007
Recounts the events surrounding the 1968 public-employee strike in Memphis that paralyzed the city and led to a complete overhaul of the city's plantation mentality that set the predominately African-American public workers apart from their upper-class white counterparts.

Judgment days

Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the laws that changed America
2005
Examines the relationship between President Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. in the aftermath of John Kennedy's assassination and in relation to the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

Partners to history

Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and the civil rights movement
2003
Presents photographs and analysis of the civil rights movement led by Ralph David Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr., that are intended to convey the work they went through to organize marches and events.

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

2002
Presents volume seven of an eight-volume series on political assassinations, and chronicles the life of civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr., the events that led to his murder in 1968 by James Earl Ray, the conspiracy theories that followed, and the legacy he left behind. murdered him, and his association with Louis Farrakhan.

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