Suggested Readings

Books by Martin Luther King

Why We Can't Wait
Paperback: 176 pages, Publisher: Signet Classics (January 1, 2000); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0451527534; ISBN-13: 978-0451527530
Strength of Love
Paperback: 160 pages; Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers; New Ed edition (May 1981); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0800614410; ISBN-13: 978-0800614416
Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.
Paperback: 416 pages; Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (January 1, 2001); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0446676500; ISBN-13: 978-0446676502
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
Paperback: 256 pages; ISBN-10: 0062505521
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
Paperback: 209 pages; Publisher: Beacon Press (1968); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0807005711; ISBN-13: 978-0807005712

Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr., by Stephen B Oates
Paperback: 592 pages; Publisher: Harper Perennial (January 12, 1994); Language: English; ISBN-10: 006092473X; ISBN-13: 978-0060924737
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, by David Garrow
Paperback: 800 pages; Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics (January 6, 2004); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0060566922; ISBN-13: 978-0060566920
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963, by Taylor Branch
Paperback: 1088 pages; Publisher: Simon & Schuster (November 15, 1989); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0671687425; ISBN-13: 978-0671687427
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-1965, by Taylor Branch
Hardcover: 768 pages; Publisher: Simon & Schuster (February 2, 1998); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0684808196; ISBN-13: 978-0684808192
Blessed Are the Peacemakers, by S. Jonathan Bass
Paperback: 344 pages; Publisher: Louisiana State University Press; New Ed edition (March 2002); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0807128007; ISBN-13: 978-0807128008
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Doreen Rappaport
Hardcover: 40 pages; ISBN-10: 0786807148; ASIN: B000JGG9IM