Martin Luther King, Jr.
(1929–1968)

African American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States; he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Works

Books

Speeches and letters

  • "I Have a Dream" under copyright in the U.S. until 2038
  • "I've Been to the Mountaintop" still under copyright in the U.S.
  • "Letter from Birmingham Jail" still under copyright in the U.S.
  • "Keep Moving from This Mountain" still under copyright in the U.S.
  • "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" still under copyright in the U.S.
  • "Give Us the Ballot" still under copyright in the U.S.

Letters to King

Works about King

  • A Testament of Hope : The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1986)
  • King Remembered by Flip Schulke and Penelope McPhee, forerword by Jesse Jackson (1986)
  • Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954–63 by Taylor Branch (1988)
  • Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference by David Garrow (1989)
  • Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963–65 by Taylor Branch (1998)
  • The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr. and Clayborne Carson (1998)
  • Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws that Changed America by Nick Kotz (2005)
  • At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965–68 by Taylor Branch (2006)

Congressional Record

Others

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