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The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr Table of Contents The Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection, located in the Business & Government Division of the Main Library, was dedicated January 20, 1985. It includes material by and about Dr. King, other civil rights activists, and the Civil Rights movement in the United States. New materials are added to the Library’s collection on a regular basis. Consult a Business & Government librarian for help finding the most current title. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. THE LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. …………… 1 SPEECHES, WRITINGS, AND PHILOSOPHY ..…….. 4 ASSASSINATION …………………………………………………. 6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY ……………………… 7 CIVIL RIGHTS THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES ……………………… 9 DESEGREGATION ………………………………… 13 DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM …………. 14 RELIGION AND CIVIL RIGHTS ……………. 16 PROTEST ……………………………………………… 17 NONVIOLENCE ……………………………………. 19 MALCOLM X …………………………………………. 20 OTHER NOTABLE AFRICAN-AMERICANS .............. 21 DVDS …………………………………………………………………………… 23 WEBSITES ………………………………………........................ 25 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COLLECTION PERIODICAL REFERENCE ………………………………......... 26 AKRON-SUMMIT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATIONS …………………………………........................... 27 The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Baldwin, Lewis V. Collins, David R. THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD NOT ONLY DREAMERS MLK 323.092 K53B, 1991 MLK 323.4092 K53C, 1986 Bennett, Lerone, Jr. Clark, Kenneth B. WHAT MANNER OF MAN KING, MALCOLM, BALDWIN: MLKBIO KING, M B471W, 1992 THREE INTERVIEWS MLK 323.4097 K53K, 1985 Bishop, James Alonzo Darby, Jean THE DAYS OF MARTIN LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. KING, JR. MLKBIO KING, M D213M, 1990 MLKBIO KING, M B622D, 1971 Davis, Allison Boone-Jones, Margaret LEADERSHIP, LOVE AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: A AGGRESSION PICTURE STORY MLK 973.0496 D29L, 1983 MLKBIO KING, M B724M, 1968 Deats, Richard Branch, Taylor MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AT CANAAN’S EDGE SPIRIT-LED PROPHET: A MLK 323.1196 B816A, 2006 BIOGRAPHY Burns, Rebecca MLKBIO KING, M D285M, 1999 BURIAL FOR A KING Dyson, Michael Eric MLK 323.092 K53BU, 2011 I MAY NOT GET THERE WITH Carson, Clayborne YOU: THE TRUE MARTIN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LUTHER KING, JR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MLKBIO KING, M D998I, 2000 MLK KING, M K53A, 2001 Fairclough, Adam Carson, Clayborne MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MARTIN’S DREAM MLKBIO KING, M F165M, 1995 MLK 323.092 C321M, 2013 Carson, Clayborne Farmer, James THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr., LAY BARE THE HEART ENCYCLOPEDIA MLK 323.4092 F233L, 1998 MLK 323.092 K53C, 2008 1 Fox, Mary Virginia Lewis, David Levering ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING KING: A BIOGRAPHY DAY MLKBIO KING, M L673K, 1978 MLK 394.268 K53F, 1989 McElrath, Jessica Friedly, Michael THE EVERYTHING MARTIN MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: LUTHER KING JR. BOOK THE FBI FILE MLK 323.092 K53M, 2008 MLK 323.092 F911M, 1993 Millender, Dharathula H. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Haskins, James MLKBIO KING, M M646M, 1986 I HAVE A DREAM: THE LIFE AND WORDS OF MARTIN Millner, Sandra LUTHER KING, JR. THE DREAM LIVES ON MLK 323.092 K531I, 1992 MLKBIO KING, M M655DR, 1999 Honey, Michael Milton, Joyce GOING DOWN JERICHO ROAD MARCHING TO FREEDOM MLK 331.8928 H772G, 2007 MLK 323.4 K585M, 1987 Patterson, Lillie Hunter, Nigel MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT MLKBIO KING, M H946m, 1985 MLK 323.4092 K53P, 1989 Jones, Clarence B. Pyatt, Sherman E. WHAT WOULD MARTIN SAY? MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: AN MLK 323.092 J76WH, 2008 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY MLK 016.3234 K585P, 1986 Jakoubek, Robert MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Rahming, Philip A. MLKBIO KING, M J25M, 1989 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MLK 323.092 K53RA, 1986 King, Martin Luther, Jr. Ramsay, William ALL LABOR HAS DIGNITY FOUR MODERN PROPHETS MLK 331.011 K53AL, 2011 MLK 280.0922 R181F, 1986 King, Martin Luther, Jr. Rieder, Jonathan STENGTH TO LOVE THE WORD OF THE LORD IS MLK 252.06 K53ST, 2010 UPON ME McKnight, Gerald D. MLK 323.092 K53R, 2008 THE LAST CRUSADE MLK 364.1524 M159L, 1998 2 Rowland, Della Sundquist, Eric J. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. KING’S DREAM MLKBIO KING, M R883MA, 1990 MLK 323.092 K53SU, 2009 Schulke, Flip Warren, Dan R. KING REMEMBERED IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER MLK 323.4 K585S, 1986 MLK 323.1196 W287I, 2008 Shuker, Nancy Williams, John Alfred MARTIN LUTHER KING THE KING GOD DIDN’T SAVE MLK 323.4092 K585S, 1985 MLKBIO KING, M W724K, 1970 Scott, Gabriel THE CHOSEN ONES MLK 320.5409 SCO426CH, 2010 Silver, Murray DADDY KING & ME MLK 323.092 K53SI, 2009 Sitkoff, Harvard KING: PILGRIMAGE TO THE MOUNTAINTOP MLK 323.092 SI585K, 2008 Smiley, Tavis DEATH Of A KING MLK 323.092 K53SM, 2014 3 Speeches, Writings, and Philosophy Ayers, Alex Haskins, Jim THE WISDOM OF MARTIN I HAVE A DREAM LUTHER KING, JR. MLK 323.092 K531I, 1992 MLK 323.092 K53W, 1993 Houck, Davis Baldwin, Lewis V. RHETORIC, RELIGION, AND THE TO MAKE THE WOUNDED CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WHOLE: THE CULTURAL LEGACY MLK 323.1196 R472H, 2006 OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Jones, Clarence B. MLK 323.092 B181T, 1992 BEHIND THE DREAM Boulware, Marcus H. MLK 323.092 J76B, 2011 THE ORATORY OF NEGRO King, Martin Luther, Jr. LEADERS, 1900-1968 A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT MLK 808.51 B665O, 1969 MLK 252.061 K53K, 1998 Gayle, Addison King, Martin Luther, Jr. BONDAGE, FREEDOM, AND THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BEYOND COMPANION MLK 326 G256BO, 1971 MLK 323.092 K53M, 1993 King, Martin Luther, Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. THE PAPERS OF MARTIN I’VE BEEN TO THE LUTHER KING, JR. MOUNTAINTOP MLK 323.092 K53PA, 1992 MLK 323.1196 K53I, 1994 Ellis, Catherine King, Martin Luther, Jr. SAY IT LOUD STRENGTH TO LOVE MLK 973.0496 SA274E, 2010 MLK 252.06 K53ST, 2010 Ellis, Catherine King, Martin Luther, Jr. SAT IT PLAIN: A CENTURY OF A TESTAMENT OF HOPE GREAT AFRICAN AMERICAN MLK 323.4092 K585T, 1986 SPEECHES King, Martin Luther, Jr. MLK 815.5088 SA274, 2005 THE TRUMPET OF CONSCIENCE MLK 309.173 K585T, 1968 Hansen, Drew D. THE DREAM MLK 323.092 K53H, 2003 4 King, Martin Luther, Jr. WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., SELECTED BY CORETTA SCOTT KING MLK 323.4092 K585W, 1987 Linkugel, Wil A. CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SPEECHES MLK 808.5 L648C, 1982 Lischer, Richard THE PREACHER KING: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MLK 251.0092 K53LI, 1995 Miller, Keith D. VOICE OF DELIVERANCE: THE LANGUAGE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AND ITS SOURCES MLK 323.092 K53MI, 1992 Walton, Hanes, Jr. THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MLK 320.0109 K53W, 1971 Zepp, Ira G. THE SOCIAL VISION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MLK 323.4 Z57S, 1989 5 Posner, Gerald Assassination KILLING THE DREAM: JAMES Barsten, Ray EARL RAY AND THE TRUTH AT LAST ASSASINATION OF MARTIN MLK 364.1524 R263T, 2008 LUTHER KING MLK 364.1524 P855K, 1999 Dyson, Michael Eric Ray, James Earl APRIL 4, 1968 WHO KILLED MARTIN LUTHER MLK 323.173 K53DY, 2008 KING, JR.? MLK 364.1524 R263W, 1992 Frank, Gerold AN AMERICAN DEATH Risen, Clay MLK 364.152 F851A, 1972 A NATION ON FIRE MLK 973.923 K53R, 2009 Huie, William Bradford Smiley, Tavis HE SLEW THE DREAMER DEATH OF A KING MLKBIO King, M H899H, 1997 MLK 323.092 K53SM, 2014 Melanson, Philip Wexler, Stuart THE MURKIN CONSPIRACY THE AWFUL GRACE OF GOD MLK 364.1524 K53M, 1989 MLK 364.1524 W545A, 2012 Pearson, Hugh WHEN HARLEM NEARLY KILLED KING MLK 364.1524 K53PE, 2002 Pepper, William AN ACT OF STATE: THE EXECUTION OF MARTIN LUTHER MLK 323.092 P424A, 2003 Pepper, William ORDERS TO KILL: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MURDER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING MLK 364.1524 P424O, 1995 6 African-American Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN History CENTURY MLK 920.0092 G259AF, 2002 Alkebulan, Paul THE AFRICAN AMERICAN Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. PRESS IN WWII AND STILL I RISE: BLACK MLK 070.4499 AL415A, 2014 AMERICA SINCE MLK MLK 973.0496 G259AN, 2015 Banner-Haley, Charles Pete FROM DU BOIS TO OBAMA Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. MLK 323.1196 B219F, 2010 IN SEARCH OF OUR ROOTS Barner, Ann MLK 973.0496 G259IN, 2009 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Gayle, Addison HISTORICAL MEMORIAL BONDAGE, FREEDOM, AND COLLAGE BEYOND MLK 920.02 M381, 1988 MLK 326 G256BO, 1971 Broom, Leonard Harley, Sharon TRANSFORMATION OF THE THE TIMETABLES OF AFRICAN- NEGRO AMERICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MLK 326 B7913T, 1965 MLK 973.0496 H285t, 1996 Curtis, James C. Hendrick, George THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN WHY NOT EVERY MAN AMERICA MLK 303.6108 H498W, 2005 MLK 326.973 C944B, 1970 Herbers, John De Jong, Greta THE BLACK DILEMMA INVISIBLE ENEMY MLK 326 H415B, 1973 MLK 323.1196 D327I, 2010 Holland, Jesse J. Egerton, John THE INVISIBLES SPEAK NOW AGAINST THE DAY: MLK 306.362 H735I, 2016 THE GENERATION BEFORE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN Horton, James Oliver THE SOUTH LANDMARKS OF AFRICAN MLK 323.0922 EG29S, 1994 AMERICAN HISTORY MLK 973.0496 H823L, 2005 7 Johnston, Joseph Forney THE NEGRO PROBLEM MLK 326 P256N, 1911 Joseph, Peniel E. NEIGHBORHOOD REBELS MLK 323.1196 N397J, 2010 Meier, August FROM PLANTATION TO GHETTO MLK 326.973 M475F, 1976 Painter, Nell Irvin CREATING BLACK AMERICANS MLK 973.0496 P148C, 2006 Potter, Joan AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS: FAMOUS, LITTLE KNOWN AND UNSUNG TRIUMPHS OF BLACKS IN AMERICA MLK 973.0496 P867A, 1994 Smith, Klytus THE HARLEM CULTURAL/POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, 1960-1970 MLK 974.71 SM653H, 1995 Warren, Robert Penn WHO SPEAKS FOR THE NEGRO? MLK 323.4 W255W, 1965 8 Civil Rights Blumberg, Rhoda Lois CIVIL RIGHTS, THE 1960’S Movement in the FREEDOM STRUGGLE MLK 323.196 B658C, 1991 United States Anderson, Karen Cashman, Sean Dennis LITTLE ROCK AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE MLK 379.263 An547L, 2010 QUEST FOR CIVIL RIGHTS MLK 323.1196 C338A, 1991 Arsenault, Raymond FREEDOM RIDERS Chappell, David L.
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