The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968 (Author). Carson, Clayborne, 1944- (Added Author).

Summary: An autobiography of the Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr., compiled and edited from articles, essays, speeches, sermons, letters, and other sources, examining his private and public life and describing his involvement in many important events in the civil rights movement.

Record details

ISBN: 9780446524124
ISBN: 0446524123
ISBN: 0613999908
ISBN: 9780613999908
ISBN: 0446676500
ISBN: 9780446676502
Physical Description: xi, 400 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
print
Edition: 1st trade ed.
Publisher: New York : Intellectual Properties Management : in association with Grand Central Pub., 2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: ©1998.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-390) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Early years -- Morehouse College -- Crozer Seminary -- Boston University -- Coretta -- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church -- Montgomery movement begins -- The violence of desperate men -- Desegregation at last -- The expanding struggle -- Birth of a new nation -- Brush with death -- Pilgrimage to nonviolence -- The sit-in movement -- Atlanta arrest and presidential politics -- The Albany movement -- The Birmingham campaign -- Letter from Birmingham Jail -- Freedom now! -- March on Washington -- Death of illusions -- St. Augustine -- The Mississippi challenge -- The Nobel Peace Prize -- Malcolm X -- Selma -- Watts -- Chicago campaign -- Black power -- Beyond Vietnam -- The poor people's campaign -- Unfulfilled dreams.