New Releases by Martin Luther King

A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King''s speech "Our God Is Marching On,” part of Dr. King''s archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. 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 Civil Rights Act of 1964. In this speech, Dr. King testified that this march, for justice had been long and difficult and would continue to be so as those with him resisted the call of normalcy in the name of Jim Crow. “Our God Is Marching On” showcases a message of determination, faith, and the unyielding pursuit of equality while remaining committed to nonviolence. This beautifully designed hardcover edition presents Dr. King’s speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.

With a new foreword by Viet Thanh Nguyen A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King''s speech "Beyond Vietnam,” part of Dr. King''s archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. At New York City''s Riverside Church in 1967, Dr. King stood in front of a rapt audience and criticized the Vietnam War as a destructive act of force and a cruel manipulation of the poor—for those fighting on either side. He urged Americans to confront the harsh realities of war and consequently pursue a path where everyone is presented a choice, in his words, "a choice of nonviolent coexistence instead of violent coannihilation.” This beautifully designed hardcover edition presents Dr. King’s speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.

É importante entender a história que está sendo feita hoje, porque ainda há mais por vir, porque a sociedade americana está perplexa com o espetáculo do negro em revolta, porque as dimensões são vastas e as implicações profundas. PALAVRAS PROFERIDAS EM 1964... Em 1963, no Alabama, talvez o estado com maior segregação racial nos Estados Unidos, uma campanha lançada por Martin Luther King demonstrou ao mundo o poder da ação não-violenta. Neste livro, lançado em 1964, o vencedor do Prêmio Nobel da Paz narra esses eventos, traçando a história da luta pelos Direitos Civis nos últimos três séculos mas olhando para o futuro, avaliando o trabalho que precisava ser feito para a igualdade de direitos e oportunidades aos negros e a seus descendentes. Trata-se de uma análise eloquente dos fatos e pressões que impulsionaram o movimento dos Direitos Civis até as marchas públicas que tomaram as ruas naquela época e inspiram as de nosso tempo. Mais de cinco décadas após sua morte, as palavras de Luther King se mostram atuais para o mundo. No livro, o autor descreve os acontecimentos cruciais que impulsionaram a campanha pela justiça racial, oriunda de um movimento nascido em balcões de lanchonetes e reuniões de igreja, mas que se fez ressoar em todo o planeta. Por que não podemos esperar é um manifesto único, um testemunho histórico e também um alerta. A INJUSTIÇA NUM LUGAR QUALQUER É UMA AMEAÇA À JUSTIÇA EM TODO O LUGAR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

"Fifty-two readings about The Sermon on the Mount designed to be read together with others, to discuss what it might look like to put these radical teachings into practice today"--

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. As Martin Luther King, Jr., prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love, a volume of his most well known homilies. King had begun working on the sermons during a fortnight in jail in July 1962. While behind bars, he spent uninterrupted time preparing the drafts for works such as “Loving Your Enemies” and “Shattered Dreams,” and he continued to edit the volume after his release. Strength to Love includes these classic sermons selected by Dr. King. Collectively they present King’s fusion of Christian teachings and social consciousness and promote his prescient vision of love as a social and political force for change.

Classés par thèmes, 120 extraits, discours, sermons et réparties du pasteur Martin Luther King Jr. " Une injustice commise quelque part est une menace pour la justice dans le monde entier. " Il avait une foi profonde en une présence divine aimante, unissant tous les êtres. Le pasteur Martin Luther King Jr, père de la lutte pour les droits civiques des Noirs américains, aura égrené sa vie durant de nombreuses paroles de sagesse.Rassemblant extraits de discours, de sermons et d''écrits du chantre de la non-violence, ce livre montre l''éloquence et la puissance des mots du héros de la lutte pour l''égalité interraciale.

From growing up amidst poverty and racism to preaching from the Ebenezer pulpit for forty years, King, Sr., reveals his life inside the civil rights movement—illustrating the profound influence he had on his son Born in 1899 to a family of sharecroppers in Stockbridge, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Sr., came of age under the looming threat of violence at the hands of white landowners. Growing up, he witnessed his family being crushed by the weight of poverty and racism, and escaped to Atlanta to answer the calling to become a preacher. Before engaging in acts of political dissent or preaching at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he would remain for more than four decades, King, Sr., earned high school and college diplomas while working double shifts as a truck driver—and he won the heart of his future wife, Alberta “Bunch” Williams. In Daddy King, King, Sr., recalls the struggles and joys of his journey: the pain of leaving his parents and seven siblings on the family farm; the triumph of winning voting rights for blacks in Atlanta; and the feelings of fatherly pride and anxiety as he watched his son put his life in danger. Originally published in 1980, it is an unexpected and poignant memoir from an early and legendary figure in the civil rights movement.

I have a dream è un''ideale autobiografia dei più importante e carismatico sostenitore della lotta al razzismo negli Stati Uniti. Nelle sue pagine Martin Luther King Jr rivive attraverso i suoi più importanti scritti pubblici e privati, raccolti qui per la prima volta, che ne tracciano un ritratto fondamentale e finora inedito. Attraverso episodi commoventi ed esaltanti si delineano l''infanzia e la famiglia d''origine, si narra l''educazione ricevuta e le discriminazioni subite, la vocazione religiosa, il rapporto con la moglie Coretta e con i quattro figli. E soprattutto si racconta il suo crescente impegno politico, che lo portò anche in carcere e lo condusse a essere considerato il principale punto di riferimento nella battaglia per l''emancipazione dei neri d''America. Un''opera che, attraverso preziosi documenti, ci fa riscoprire una delle pagine più drammatiche e ricche di speranza della storia dei ventesimo secolo.

Collects the personal papers of Martin Luther King Jr. from January 1961 to August 1962, that sees King stop participating in Freedom Rides and his arrest in Albany.

The first collection of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.''s essential writings for high school students and young people—with eighteen selections including "I Have a Dream," "Letter from Birmingham Jail," and "What Is Your Life''s Blueprint?" “[Students] are in reality standing up for the best in the American dream. . . . One day historians will record this student movement as one of the most significant epics of our heritage.” —from “The Time for Freedom Has Come” A Time to Break Silence presents the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most important writings and speeches—carefully selected by teachers across a variety of disciplines—in an accessible and user-friendly volume for students. Arranged thematically in six parts, the collection includes eighteen selections and is introduced by award-winning author Walter Dean Myers. Included are some of Dr. King’s most well-known and frequently taught classic works, like “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and “I Have a Dream,” as well as lesser-known pieces such as “The Sword that Heals” and “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?,” which speak to issues young people face today. Teachers guide and companion curriculum developed by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University available online through www.thekinglegacy.org/teachers

An account of the author''s brief years shared with his civil rights leader father offers insight into their special bond, their separation during Dr. King''s imprisonment, and the author''s five-year-old witness to the famous "I have a dream" speech.

Ces 17 discours du Pasteur Martin Luther King portent un message de non-violence militante et possèdent une force de conviction qui nous emporte et nous engage. Martin Luther King s''est élevé tout particulièrement contre le conformisme et la peur du changement. Pour nous aider à dépasser les forces d''inertie, il affirme que : "nous ne devons pas être des thermomètres qui indiquent la température de la majorité, mais des thermostats qui transforment et règlent la température de la société". Il rappelle aux chrétiens qu''ils ne doivent pas se conformer au monde, mais au message de Jésus-Christ. Innovation, créativité, lutte et transformation, voilà les appels que ce pasteur baptiste adressait à ses paroissiens, à la société américaine et au monde. Remède contre la crise morale et financière que traverse notre société, ce livre est aujourd''hui encore d''une remarquable actualité.

A landmark collection of Martin Luther King Jr.’s best known homilies and sermons—with selections from Strength to Love. As Dr. King prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love, a volume of his most best-known homilies. King had begun working on the sermons during a fortnight in jail in July 1962. While behind bars, he spent uninterrupted time preparing the drafts for works such as “Loving Your Enemies” and “Shattered Dreams,” and he continued to edit the volume after his release. Full Sermon List: • 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 • Shattered Dreams • Our God is Able • Antidotes for Fear • The Answer to a Perplexing Question • Paul’s Letter to American Christians • Pilgrimage to nonviolence • The Drum Major Instinct • The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life A Gift of Love includes most of the classic sermons from Strength to Love, along with 2 new sermons. Collectively they present King’s fusion of Christian teachings and social consciousness, and promote his prescient vision of love as a social and political force for change.

In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this prophetic work, which has been unavailable for more than ten years, he lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America''s future, including the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education. With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King demanded an end to global suffering, asserting that humankind - for the first time - has the resources and technology to eradicate poverty.

Arranged thematically in six parts--with prayers for spiritual guidance, special occasions, times of adversity, times of trial, uncertain times, and social justice--Baptist minister and King scholar Baldwin introduces the book and each section with short essays. Included are both personal and public prayers King recited as a seminarian, graduate student, preacher, pastor, and, finally, civil rights leader.

MLK: A Celebration in Word and Image is an unprecedented collection of black-and-white photographs combined with stirring quotations by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This treasured collection includes images by legendary photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bob Adelman, and Flip Schulke, and is an unparalleled photobiography that presents intimate moments from King’s personal and public journey. We see King in all his manifestations—as a new father and doting husband, as a civil rights champion leading racial protests, and as a charismatic speaker preaching electrifying sermons. Triumphant events like King delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech and marching in Montgomery are beautifully captured, as are private moments of him reflecting on his Nobel Peace Prize or working in his study. Threaded together, these words and images chronicle how Dr. King was not only a driving force for change but also a continually evolving individual. A collection to savor and celebrate, these great photographs are an enduring testament to the life and legacy of an international icon.

MLK’s classic account of the first successful large-scale act of nonviolent resistance in America: the Montgomery bus boycott. A young Dr. King wrote Stride Toward Freedom just 2 years after the successful completion of the boycott. In his memoir about the event, he tells the stories that informed his radical political thinking before, during, and after the boycott—from first witnessing economic injustice as a teenager and watching his parents experience discrimination to his decision to begin working with the NAACP. Throughout, he demonstrates how activism and leadership can come from any experience at any age. Comprehensive and intimate, Stride Toward Freedom emphasizes the collective nature of the movement and includes King’s experiences learning from other activists working on the boycott, including Mrs. Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin. It traces the phenomenal journey of a community and shows how the 28-year-old Dr. King, with his conviction for equality and nonviolence, helped transform the nation and the world.

A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice—with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more. In "full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul", this unique anthology collects the transcribed speeches of the twentieth century''s leading African American cultural, literary, and political figures, many never before available in printed form ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune). From an 1895 speech by Booker T. Washington to Julian Bond''s sharp assessment of school segregation on the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board in 2004, the collection captures a powerful tradition of oratory—by political activists, civil rights organizers, celebrities, and religious leaders—going back more than a century. Including the text of each speech with an introduction placing it in historical context, Say It Plain is a remarkable record—from the back-to-Africa movement to the civil rights era and the rise of black nationalism and beyond—conveying a struggle for freedom and a challenge to America to live up to its democratic principles. Includes speeches by: Mary McLeod Bethune Julian Bond Stokely Carmichael Shirley Chisholm Louis Farrakhan Marcus Garvey Jesse Jackson Martin Luther King Jr. Thurgood Marshall Booker T. Washington Walter White

Fruto de anos de trabalho de pesquisa e selecção de gravações e documentos escritos, incluindo cartas à família e anotações em diários, este livro visa apresentar um retrato do estudante e filho, marido e pai, pastor e líder mundial que foi Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why nonviolence matters Eloquent and passionate, reasoned and sensitive, this pair of meditations by the revered civil-rights leader contains the theological roots of his political and social philosophy of nonviolent activism.

Before I was a civil rights leader, I was a preacher of the gospel. This was my first calling and it still remains my greatest commitment.'' Before Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream with the nation and the world, he was preaching it from the pulpit of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. Known throughout the world as a leader and a visionary in the civil rights movement, Reverend King Jr. was first and foremost a preacher. With fiery words of hope, wisdom, and a passion for justice that resonate as much today as they did years ago, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., stirred the deepest convictions of listeners everywhere, inspiring them to extraordinary acts of courage and perseverance that ignited one of the most influential moments of the twentieth century. A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT is the definitive collection of eleven of Dr. King''s most powerful and spiritual sermons. These sermons are each introduced by a distinguished member of today''s spiritual community, including Reverend Billy Graham and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Celebrated Stanford University historian Clayborne Carson is the director and editor of the Martin Luther King Papers Project; with thousands of King''s essays, notes, letters, speeches, and sermons at his disposal, Carson has organized King''s writings into a posthumous autobiography. In an early student essay, King prophetically penned: "We cannot have an enlightened democracy with one great group living in ignorance.... We cannot have a nation orderly and sound with one group so ground down and thwarted that it is almost forced into unsocial attitudes and crime." Such statements, made throughout King''s career, are skillfully woven together into a coherent narrative of the quest for social justice. The autobiography delves, for example, into the philosophical training King received at Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary, and Boston University, where he consolidated the teachings of Afro-American theologian Benjamin Mays with the philosophies of Locke, Rousseau, Gandhi, and Thoreau. Through King''s voice, the reader intimately shares in his trials and triumphs, including the Montgomery Boycott, the 1963 "I Have a Dream Speech," the Selma March, and the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. In one of his last speeches, King reminded his audience that "in the final analysis, God does not judge us by the separate incidents or the separate mistakes that we make, but by the total bent of our lives." Carson''s skillful editing has created an original argument in King''s favor that draws directly from the source, illuminating the circumstances of King''s life without deifying his person. --Eugene Holley Jr.

First in a series of 14 volumes, this book contains the complete texts of King''s letters, speeches, sermons, student papers, and other articles. The papers range chronologically from his childhood to his young manhood. An introductory biographical essay presents a broad picture of the events that the documents themselves cover, while extensive annotations of the documents deal with specific details of King''s life during these years. The passion that drove him is observable in nearly every document. ISBN 0-520-07950-7:

Volume 5 of the planned 14 volume series, brings us to a pivotal moment in the career of Dr King. After a visit to India in 1959 he revitalised the Southern Christian Leadership Conference & propelled himself to a leading role in the renewed activism of 1960.

"We''ve got some difficult days ahead," civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., told a crowd gathered at Memphis''s Clayborn Temple on April 3, 1968. "But it really doesn''t matter to me now because I''ve been to the mountaintop. . . . And I''ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land." These prohetic words, uttered the day before his assassination, challenged those he left behind to see that his "promised land" of racial equality became a reality; a reality to which King devoted the last twelve years of his life. These words and other are commemorated here in the only major one-volume collection of this seminal twentieth-century American prophet''s writings, speeches, interviews, and autobiographical reflections. A Testament of Hope contains Martin Luther King, Jr.''s essential thoughts on nonviolence, social policy, integration, black nationalism, the ethics of love and hope, and more.

Selections from Dr. King''s speeches and writings illustrating his vision, his passion, and his faith.