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• Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement

  Patterson, Lillie

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  This biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights activist focuses on his leadership role in the civil rights movement.

• The Chicago Freedom Movement

  Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North

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  Six months after the Selma to Montgomery marches and just weeks after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a group from Martin Luther King Jr.'s staff arrived in Chicago, eager to apply his nonviolent approach to social change in a northern…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The King Years

  Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement

  Branch, Taylor

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  The essential moments of the Civil Rights Movement are set in historical context by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the magisterial America in the King Years trilogy-- Parting the Waters ; Pillar of Fire ; and At Canaan ' s Edge . Taylor…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Making of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement

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  The Making of Martin Luther King and The Civil Rights Movement incorporates the changing focus of civil rights movement studies to focus on communities and leaders heretofore ignored or under-represented, and thereby challenges many of the agendas…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Martin Luther King, Jr., Companion

  Quotations From the Speeches, Essays, and Books of Martin Luther King, Jr.

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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  Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountaintop, let freedom ring. --Martin Luther King, Jr. From the dusty back roads of Montgomery, Alabama, to the legendary March on Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr.,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Northern Protest

  Martin Luther King, Jr., Chicago, and the Civil Rights Movement

  Ralph, James R. (James Richard), 1960-

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  After the triumphs of Montgomery and Selma, Martin Luther King, Jr., rallied his forces and headed north. The law was on his side, the nation seemed to be behind him, the crusade for civil rights was rapidly gathering momentum--and then, in Chicago,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nobody Turn Me Around

  a People's History of the 1963 March on Washington

  Euchner, Charles C.

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  On August 28, 1963, over a quarter-million people--two-thirds black and one-third white--held the greatest civil rights demonstration ever. In this major reinterpretation of the Great Day--the peak of the movement--Charles Euchner brings back the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Promise and the Dream

  the Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy

  Margolick, David,

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  No two public figures were more crucial in the drama of race relations in the 1960s than Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Fifty years after they were both murdered, noted journalist David Margolick explores the untold story of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Behind the Dream

  the Making of the Speech That Transformed a Nation

  Jones, Clarence B, 1931-

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  "I have a dream." When those words were spoken on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, the crowd stood, electrified, as Martin Luther King, Jr. brought the plight of African Americans to the public consciousness and firmly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Easy Burden

  the Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America

  Young, Andrew, 1932-

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  Andrew Young is one of the most important figures of the U.S. civil rights movement and one of America's best-known African American leaders. Working closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he endured…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And the Walls Came Tumbling Down

  An Autobiography

  Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990,

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  This beautifully written autobiography of the Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy--Martin Luther King Jr.'s partner and eventual successor--not only tells his own story but also expounds on the leaders he knew intimately, including King, Jesse Jackson,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What Manner of Man

  a Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Bennett, Lerone, 1928-

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  This biography was written by a former college classmate of Dr. King. Lerone Bennett, a former editor for JET magazine, graduated from Morehouse College the same year as Dr. King. The book includes an introduction by Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Analyze the Works of Martin Luther King Jr.

  Boshier, Rosa

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  This title explores the creative works of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Works analyzed include "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," "Beyond Vietnam," "Where Do We Go From Here?," and "I Have a Dream." Clear, comprehensive text gives…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dream

  Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

  Hansen, Drew W.

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  On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., electrified the nation when he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. In The Dream, Drew D. Hansen explores the fascinating and little-known history of King's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Life With Martin Luther King, Jr

  King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006

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  Writer and civil rights activist Coretta Scott King was born in Heiberger, Alabama, on April 27, 1927. She studied music at Antioch College and the New England Conservatory of Music. She married Martin Luther King, Jr. on June 18, 1953. Coretta…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Negro Protest

  James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Talk With Kenneth B. Clark

  Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005

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  This is a collection of interviews conducted by Kenneth Bancroft Clark. Includes and interview with Martin Luther King Jr.

• Protest at Selma

  Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

  Garrow, David J., 1953-

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  A thorough and insightful account of the historic 1965 civil rights protest at Selma, Alabama, from the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography Bearing the Cross Vivid descriptions of violence and courageous acts fill David Garrow's account…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

  Controversies and Debates

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  Drawing upon a wide-ranging selection of scholarship and popular history, this invaluable sourcebook throws a powerful light on the civil rights movement and its most influential leader. Debates that until now have been carried out across a variety…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Partners to History

  Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and the Civil Rights Movement

  Abernathy, Donzaleigh

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  Ralph David Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr. were inseparable and together helped to establish what would become the modern American Civil Rights Movement. They preached, marched, and were frequently jailed together. Donzaleigh Abernathy,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where Do We Go From Here

  Chaos or Community?

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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  The final book by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in which we find we an acute analysis of American race relations and the state of the movement after a decade of civil rights efforts. In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself, rented a…Read moreRead more of this annotation