Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 -1968)

Forging a Civil Rights-labor alliance in the shadow of the Cold War -- "A look to the future": Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee, September 2, 1957 -- "It is a dark day indeed when men cannot work to implement the ideal of brotherhood without being labeled Communist": statement of Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in defense of the United Packinghouse Workers Union of America, Atlanta, Georgia, June 11, 1959 -- "We, the Negro people and labor...inevitably will sow the seeds of liberalism": Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Dinner, United Automobile Workers Union, Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, April 27, 1961 -- If the Negro wins, labor wins: AFL-CIO Fourth Constitutional Convention, Americana Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, December 11, 1961 -- "I am in one of those houses of labor to which I come not to criticize, but to praise": Thirteenth Convention, United Packinghouse Workers Union of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 21, 1962 -- "There are three major social evils...the evil of war, the evil of economic injustice, and the evil of racial injustice": District 65 Convention, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Laurels Country Club, Monticello, New York, September 8, 1962 -- "Industry knows only two types of workers who, in years past, were brought frequently to their jobs in chains": Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Dinner, National Maritime Union, Americana Hotel, New York City, October 23, 1962 -- "Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy": Detroit March for Civil Rights, Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, June 23, 1963 -- "The unresolved race question": Thirtieth Anniversary of District 65, RWDSU, Madison Square Garden, New York City, October 23, 1963 -- Standing at the crossroads: race, labor, war, and poverty -- "The explosion in Watts reminded us all that the northern ghettos are the prisons of forgotten men": District 65, RWDSU, New York City, September 18, 1965 -- "Labor cannot stand still long or it will slip backward": Illinois State Convention AFL-CIO, Springfield, Illinois, October 7, 1965 -- Civil rights at the crossroads: Shop Stewards of Local 815, Teamsters, and the Allied Trades Council, Americana Hotel, New York City, May 2, 1967 -- Domestic impact of the War in Vietnam: National Labor Leadership Assembly for Peace, Chicago, Illinois, November 11, 1967 -- Down Jericho Road: the Poor People's Campaign and Memphis Strike -- "The other America": Local 1199 Salute to Freedom, Hunter College, New York City, March 10, 1968 -- "All labor has dignity": American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) mass meeting, Memphis Sanitation Strike, Bishop Charles Mason Temple, Church of God in Christ, Memphis, Tennessee, March 18, 1968 -- To the mountaintop: "let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness": AFSCME mass meeting, Memphis Sanitation Strike, Bishop Charles Mason Temple, Church of God in Christ, Memphis, Tennessee, April 3, 1968 -- King and labor.

Pilgrimage to Christian socialism -- The least of these -- Seed time in the winter of reaction -- The American Gandhi and direct action -- The dreams of the masses -- Jobs and freedom -- Malignant kinship -- The secret heart of America -- The war on poverty and the democratic socialist dream -- Egyptland -- The world house -- Power to poor people.

"Aristocracy of the damn fools" -- In the South by and by -- Turning the corner -- "Grand fraternity of the harassed" -- Eyes on the press: Birmingham and the SCLC -- The prison epistle -- Gospel of publicity -- "Let it alone" -- "This city isn't dead yet" -- The unpardonable sin.

Meditations and prayers of Martin Luther King, written 10 years before the civil rights leader was assassinated. Contents: What is man? -- The dimenstion of a complete life -- Parting.

v. 1. Called to serve, January 1929-June 1951 -- v. 2. Rediscovering precious values, July 1951-November, 1955 -- v. 3. Birth of a new age, December 1955-December 1956 -- v. 4. Symbol of the movement, January 1957-December 1958 -- v. 5. Threshold of a new decade, January 1959-December 1960 -- v. 6. Advocate of the Social Gospel, September 1948-March 1963

Contents: A tough mind and a tender heart -- Transformed nonconformist -- On being a good neighbor -- Love in action -- Loving your enemies -- A knock at midnight -- The man who was a fool -- The death of evil upon the seashore -- Three dimensions of a complete life -- Shattered dreams -- What is man? -- How should a Christian view communism? -- Our God is able -- Antidotes for fear -- The answer to a perplexing question -- Paul's letter to American Christians -- Pilgrimage to nonviolence.

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, reprisals by the white community, and the eventual attainment of desegregated city bus service. Contents: Return to the South -- Montgomery before the protest -- The decisive arrest -- The day of days, December 5 -- The movement gathers momentum -- Pilgrimage to nonviolence -- Methods of the opposition --
The violence of desperate men -- Desegregation at last --
Montgomery today -- Where do we go from here?

Speeches, writings, interviews, and excerpts from five of Martin Luther King's books are presented in chronological order within topical groupings. Contents: Part 1, Philosophy -- Religious: Nonviolence -- Social: Integration -- Political: Wedged between democracy and black nationalism -- Part 2, Famous sermons and public addresses -- Part 3, Historic essays -- Part 4, Interviews -- Part 5, Books -- Appendix, Additional interview.

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. Contents: Negro Revolution--why 1963? -- Sword that heals -- Bull Connor's Birmingham -- New day in Birmingham -- Letter from Birmingham jail -- Black and white together -- Summer of our discontent -- Days to come.

King is treated here as both a global figure and a forerunner of much of what is currently associated with contemporary globalization theory and praxis.

The American Nightmare: A Brief History of Oppression -- Roots of Rage, Sources of Hope: Family and Religion in the Lives of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X -- Beloved Brothers or Blue-Eyed Devils: Disparate Visions in the Struggle for Equality -- From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Coming Together in the End? -- A Continuing Struggle: The Political and Cultural Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.

Preface: "We as a People Will Get to the Promised Land": Martin and Us -- Introduction: "You Don't Need to Go Out Saying Martin Luther King, Jr. Is a Saint": The American Hero -- Ideology -- "I Saw That Dream Turn Into a Nightmare": From Color-Blindness to Black Compensation -- "Most Americans Are Unconscious Racists": Beyond Liberalism -- "As I Ponder the Madness of Vietnam": The Outlines of a Militant Pacifism -- "America Must Move Toward a Democratic Socialism": A Progressive Social Blueprint -- "We Did Engage in a Black Power Move": An Integrationist Embraces Enlightened Black Nationalism --
Identity -- "I Had to Know God for Myself": The Shape of a Radical Faith -- "Somewhere I Read of the Freedom of Speech": Constructing a Unique Voice -- "There Is a Civil War Going on Within All of Us": Sexual Personae in the Revolution -- "I Have Walked Among the Desperate, Rejected, and Angry": Two Generations of the Young, Gifted, and Black -- "The Primary Obligation of the Woman Is That of Motherhood": The Pitfalls of Patriarchy -- Image -- "Be True to What You Said on Paper": A Critical Patriotism -- "I Won't Have Any Money to Leave Behind": The Ownership of a Great Man -- "If I Have to Go Through This to Give the People a Symbol": The Burden of Representation.

To witness in Dixie : King, the New South, and southern civil religion / Lewis V. Baldwin -- On the relation of the Christian to the state : the development of a Kingian ethic / Lewis V. Baldwin -- American political traditions and the Christian faith : King's thought and praxis / Lewis V. Baldwin -- King, the Constitution, and the courts : remaining awake through a great revolution / Barbara A. Holmes and Susan Holmes Winfield -- Personalism, the objective moral order, and moral law in the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. / Rufus Burrow, Jr. -- Beyond national borders : King, the United Nations, and global politics / Lewis V. Baldwin -- Epilogue / by Roger D. Hatch.

Communal Receptions and Constructive Readings for the Twenty-First Century / Jennifer M. McBride -- Notes on Appropriation and Reciprocity: Prompts from Bonhoeffer and King's Communitarian Ethic / Emilie M. Townes -- King and Bonhoeffer as Protestant Saints: The Use and Misuse of Contested Legacies / Stephen R. Haynes -- Bonhoeffer, King, and Feminism: Problems and Possibilities / Rachel Muers -- Political Order, Political Violence, and Ethical Limits / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Life Worthy of Life: The Social Ecologies of Bonhoeffer and King / Larry L. Rasmussen -- Theology and the Problem of Racism / Josiah U. Young III -- Bonhoeffer, King, and Themes in Catholic Social Thought / M. Shawn Copeland -- Church, World, and Christian Charity / Timothy P. Jackson -- The Cross and Its Victims: Bonhoeffer, King, and Martyrdom / Craig J. Slane -- Bonhoeffer on the Road to King: "Turning from the Phraseological to the Real" / Charles Marsh -- Interpreting Pastors as Activists / Richard W. Wills Sr. -- Preaching and Prophetic Witness / Raphael Gamaliel Warnock -- Embodying Redemption: King and the Engagement of Social Sin / Stephen G. Ray Jr. -- Culture in Bonhoeffer and King: Deweyan Naturalism in Action / Andre C. Willis -- Peacemaking / Glen H. Stassen -- Spiritualities of Justice, Peace, and Freedom for the Oppressed / Geffrey B. Kelly -- Overhearing Resonances: Jesus and Ethics in King and Bonhoeffer / Gary M. Simpson -- Reconciliation as Worshiping Community / Michael Battle -- Christian Social Ethics after Bonhoeffer and King / Willis Jenkins.

From the acclaimed bestselling author of "Ghost Soldiers" and "Blood and Thunder," a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history--a sixty-five-day search that led investigators to Canada, Portugal, and England. Contents: #416-J -- In the city of the kings -- Who is Eric Galt? -- The hottest man in the country -- #65477.

Examines how imago Dei, the Christian belief that all people are made in God's image, influenced Martin Luther King Jr. and affected his civil rights work. Contents: Historical explication -- The historical context -- The host of witnesses -- Theological meditation -- King as critical thinker -- King among the theologians -- King's theological implications -- Practical application -- Beloved community -- Beloved community and beyond.

African American Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., forever changed American society through his fight to end segregation and violence. Each January we celebrate his work and the legacy of peace he left behind by honoring him on his birthday. Read as author Laura S. Jeffrey chronicles the life of this extraordinary man and describes what the holiday means to us today.

This picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brings his life and the profound nature of his message to young children through his own words. A timeline and a listt of additional books and web sites help make this a standout biography of Dr. King.