• The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age

    Martin Luther King Jr. was a cautious nineteen-year-old rookie preacher when he left Atlanta, Georgia, to attend divinity school up north. At Crozer Theological Seminary, King, or “ML” back then, immediately found himself surrounded by a white staff and white professors. Even his dorm room had once been used by wounded Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. In addition, his fellow seminarians were almost all older; some were soldiers who had fought in World War II, others pacifists who had chosen jail instead of enlisting. ML was facing challenges he’d barely dreamed of.   A prankst... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0915864126
    • ASIN: 0915864126
    • ISBN: 0915864126
    • Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

  • I am Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ordinary People Change the World)

    We can all be heroes. That’s the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer.  Even as a child, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shocked by the terrible and unfair way African-American people were treated. When he grew up, he decided to do something about it—peacefully, with powerful words. He helped gather people together for nonviolent protests and marches, and he always spoke up about loving other human beings and doing what’s right. He spoke about the dream of a kinder future, and bravely led the way toward r... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0525428526
    • ASIN: 0525428526
    • ISBN: 0525428526
    • Brand: WaterBrook Press
    • Manufacturer: Dial Books

  • Resilient Reformer: The Life and Thought of Martin Luther

    Some would argue that there is no need for yet another biography of Martin Luther. The story has been told many times, and very well at that! And yet, interest in Luther’s life and thought remains high, and each generation brings its own set of questions to the task.This biography, begun by Timothy F. Lull prior to his death and capably finished by Derek R. Nelson, is marked for its fresh, winsome, and invigorating style—one undoubtedly shaped by the years that each author spent in undergraduate and seminary classrooms.In this telling, Luther is an energetic, resilient actor, driven by ver... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B011WBE16O
    • ASIN: B011WBE16O
    • Manufacturer: Fortress Press

  • God and Human Dignity: The Personalism, Theology, and Ethics of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Although countless books have been devoted to the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., few, if any, have focused on King's appropriation of, and contribution to, the intellectual tradition of personalism. Emerging as a philosophical movement in the early 1900s, personalism is a type of philosophical idealism that has a number of affinities with Christianity, such as a focus on a personal God and the sanctity of persons. Burrow points to similarities and dissimilarities between personalism and the social gospel movement with its call to churchgoers to involve themselves in the welfare of b... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0268021953
    • ASIN: 0268021953
    • ISBN: 0268021953
    • Manufacturer: University of Notre Dame Press

  • The Plot to Kill King: The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Bestselling author, James Earl Ray’s defense attorney, and, later, lawyer for the King family William Pepper reveals who actually killed MLK.William Pepper was James Earl Ray’s lawyer in the trial for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., and even after Ray’s conviction and death, Pepper continues to adamantly argue Ray’s innocence. This myth-shattering exposé is a revised, updated, and heavily expanded volume of Pepper’s original bestselling and critically acclaimed book Orders to Kill, with twenty-six years of additional research included. The result reveals dramatic new details o... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1510702172
    • ASIN: 1510702172
    • ISBN: 1510702172
    • Brand: Skyhorse
    • Manufacturer: Skyhorse

  • Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year

    The New York Times bestselling chronicle of the last twelve months of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s lifeThe real story about Martin Luther King Jr.'s final year has been buried by time and revisionist history. In DEATH OF A KING, bestselling author and award-winning broadcaster Tavis Smiley recounts the final 365 days of King's time on Earth, revealing his tribulations and trials-- denunciations by the press, rejection by the president, dismissal by the black middle class, and assaults on his character. Smiley conducted new interviews with King's family and associates, but he also wrote from a ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0316332771
    • ASIN: 0316332771
    • ISBN: 0316332771
    • Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

  • I am George Washington (Ordinary People Change the World)

    We can all be heroes. That’s the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer. Learn all about George Washington, America’s first president.   George Washington was one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. He was never afraid to be the first to try something, from exploring the woods around his childhood home to founding a brand new nation, the United States of America. With his faith in the American people and tremendous bravery, he helped win the Revolutionary War and became the country’s first p... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0525428488
    • ASIN: 0525428488
    • ISBN: 0525428488
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Dial Books

  • A History of US: All the People: Since 1945 A History of US Book Ten

    Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text.A History of US is a 10-volume, award-winning series about the birth and development of the United States as related by master storyteller Joy Hakim. All the People, the last volume in the series, covers US History from the end of World War II to the present. This updated fourth edition covers, for the first time, events that have taken place in the past 6 years, including the 2008 election of Barack Obama and the signficance of this election. All the People focuses on Civil... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0199735530
    • ASIN: 0199735530
    • ISBN: 0199735530
    • Brand: Spring Arbor/Ingram
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

  • The Strange Career of Jim Crow

    C. Vann Woodward, who died in 1999 at the age of 91, was America's most eminent Southern historian, the winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Mary Chestnut's Civil War and a Bancroft Prize for The Origins of the New South. Now, to honor his long and truly distinguished career, Oxford is pleased to publish this special commemorative edition of Woodward's most influential work, The Strange Career of Jim Crow.The Strange Career of Jim Crow is one of the great works of Southern history. Indeed, the book actually helped shape that history. Published in 1955, a year after the Supreme Court in Brown v. Boar... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0195146905
    • ASIN: 0195146905
    • ISBN: 9780195146905
    • Brand: Oxford University Press USA
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

  • Negroes with Guns

    2013 Reprint of 1962 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Contains two essays by Martin Luther King Jr. concerning the role of violence in the civil rights movement. During the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Robert Williams organized armed self-defense against the racist violence of the Ku Klux Klan. This is the story of his movement, first established in Monroe, N.C. As prologue, the issues raised by events in Monroe are weighted by Truman Nelson and Martin Luther King Jr. Illustrated.

    • ASIN: 1614274118
    • ASIN: 1614274118
    • ISBN: 1614274118
    • Brand: Brand: Martino Fine Books
    • Manufacturer: Martino Fine Books

  • Hellhound on His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History

    NATIONAL BESTSELLEREdgar Award NomineeOne of the Best Books of the Year: O, The Oprah Magazine, Time, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, San Francisco ChronicleWith a New AfterwordOn April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened. As chaos erupted across the country and mourners gathered at King's funeral, investigators launched a sixty-five day search for King’s assassin that would lead them across two continents. With a blistering, cross-cutting narrative that draws on a we... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0307387437
    • ASIN: 0307387437
    • ISBN: 0307387437
    • Brand: Sides Hampton
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

  • Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories We Should All Remember (Modern Library Classics)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Senator John McCain tells the stories of celebrated historical figures and lesser-known heroes whose values exemplify the best of the human spirit.He illustrates these qualities with moving stories of triumph against the odds, hope in adversity, and sacrifices for a cause greater than self-interest. Among the heroes of exemplary character we meet are   • Pat Tillman, whose patriotism obliged him to leave the riches and celebrity of the NFL for a soldier’s life in defense of his country • Winston Churchill, who, in a renowned eighteen-word remark, counseled... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 081297445X
    • ASIN: 081297445X
    • ISBN: 9780812974454
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

  • The Bishop's Pawn: A Novel (Cotton Malone)

    The first case of New York Times bestseller Steve Berry’s iconic hero, Cotton Malone.History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files, ended on April 4, 1968 when King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. But that may not have been the case. Now, fifty years later, former Justice Department agent, Cotton Malone, must reckon with the truth of what really happened that fateful day in Memphis.It all turns on an incident from eighteen years ago, when Malone, as a young Navy lawyer, is... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1250140226
    • ASIN: 1250140226
    • ISBN: 1250140226
    • Brand: Minotaur Books
    • Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

  • The Colored Waiting Room: Empowering the Original and the New Civil Rights Movements; Conversations Between an MLK Jr. Confidant and a Modern-Day Activist

    Extraordinary conversations between a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. and a modern-day activist lead to the game-changing realizations that a second-wave civil rights movement is unfolding and that we must embrace the lessons of the past to effect lasting change. In 1966, Nelson Malden ran for public office in Montgomery, Alabama. He was the first African American to do so. Campaigning for him was his friend Martin Luther King Jr., who had organized protests and had written the speeches that would help criminalize racial segregation and discrimination from his seat in the Malden Brothers B... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1948062011
    • ASIN: 1948062011
    • ISBN: 1948062011
    • Manufacturer: Apollo Publishers

  • My Life, My Love, My Legacy

    Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPRThe New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceThe Washington Post’s Books to Read in 2017USA Today, “New and Noteworthy”Read it Forward, Favorite Reads of January 2017A Parade Magazine Pick"This book is distinctly Coretta's story . . . particularly absorbing. . . generous, in a manner that is unfashionable in our culture."―New York Times Book Review“Eloquent . . . inspirational"―USA Today The life story of Coretta Scott King―wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center), ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1627795987
    • ASIN: 1627795987
    • ISBN: 1627795987
    • Brand: Henry Holt and Co
    • Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

  • By This Shall We Be Known : Interpreting the Voice, Vision and Message of Martin Luther King Jr.

    By This Shall We Be Known: Interpreting the Voice, Vision, and Message of Martin Luther King Jr. draws out the simple truths and practical wisdom woven throughout the legacy of this twentieth century pioneer of

    • UPC: 869104608

  • Challenges to the Dream : The Best of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Awards at Carnegie Mellon University

    Brave, honest writing about race and difference by young people trying to make sense of a world in which they encounter

    • UPC: 588905168

  • The Best of Martin Luther King Jr. Compilation

    Martin Luther King, Jr - Greatest Speech of All Time

    Martin Luther King's Last Speech: "I've Been To The Mountaintop"