Books written by Martin Luther King

Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story

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,...
Strength to Love

The classic collection of Dr. King’s sermons that fuse his Christian teachings with his radical ideas of love and nonviolence as a means to combat hate and oppression.
The Trumpet of Conscience

History has a way, it seems, of turning men in to convenient myths: witness Martin Luther King, whose provocative anti-war sentiments and zealous advocacy of the poor are often shunted...
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story

Chronicles the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, describing the plans and problems of a nonviolent campaign, reprisals by the white community, and the eventual attainment of desegregated city bus service.
Why We Can't Wait

This paperback reissue of a classic not only examines King's Birmingham campaign for civil rights, but the history of the struggle and the tasks that await future generations fighting for equality.
Why We Can't Wait

This paperback reissue of a classic not only examines King's Birmingham campaign for civil rights, but the history of the struggle and the tasks that await future generations fighting for...
I Have a Dream

Illustrates the inspiring words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as they were presented in his "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963, collecting the images of fifteen Coretta Scott King Award-winning and Honor Book artists--including ...
I Have a Dream/Letter from Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King Jr [RL 11 IL 9-12] These appeals for civil rights awoke a nation to the need for reform. Themes: injustice; taking a stand. 58 pages. Tale Blazers.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

First-person account of the extraordinary life of America's greatest civil rights leader.
I've Been to the Mountaintop

A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's last speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins.
Why We Can't Wait

Explains the Afro-American's dissatisfaction with the slow progress in attaining equal rights that are long overdue
I Have A Dream

Le discours qui a changé le monde Le 28 août 1963, Martin Luther King se tient face à des milliers d’Américains venus manifester en faveur des droits civiques devant le Lincoln Memorial à Washington.
The Measure of a Man

Meditations and prayers of Martin Luther King, written 10 years before the civil rights leader was assassinated
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr

Speeches, writings, interviews, and excerpts from five of Martin Luther King's books are presented in chronological order within topical groupings.
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos Or Community?

"This is a book about power - specifically, the power of a nonviolent army of determined Negroes who, with a smaller band of committed whites, have concluded that equality is...
The Radical King

They called him 'the most dangerous man in America.' . . . This book unearths a radical King that we can no longer sanitize."
I Have a Dream

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial looking out over thousands of troubled Americans who had gathered in the name of civil rights and uttered his now famous words, "I have a dream .
Strength to Love

The classic collection of sermons preached by Martin Luther King Jr.
Our God Is Marching on

At the end of the march from Selma to Montgomery on March 25, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of a crowd and celebrated the demanding work and effort that had been done by all in the fight against racial injustice for the ...
MLK on "The Other America" and "Black Power"

Though we’re familiar with the celebrated King who shared his dream of racial equality on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and who reassured those engaged in the struggle that “if you stand up for justice you can never fail,” it is ...