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Selected Books About Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Adults | For Children

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For Adults

• Albert, Peter J., and Ronald Hoffman. We Shall Overcome: Martin Luther King and the Black Freedom Struggle. New York: Da Capo, 1993.
  
  
• Ansbro, John H. Martin Luther King, Jr.: the Making of a Mind. New York: Maryknoll, 1982.
  
  
• Branch, Taylor. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954 - 1963. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988.
  
  
• Colaiaco, James. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Apostle of Militant Nonviolence. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.
  
  
• Fairclough, Adam. Martin Luther King, Jr. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1995.
  
  
• Garrow, David. Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1955 - 1968. New York: William Morrow, 1986.
  
  
• Lewis, David. King: A Biography. Urbana: University of Illinois, 1978.
  
  
• Lischer, Richard. The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the World that Moved America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
  
  
• Oates, Stephen. Let the Trumpet Sound: the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: New American Library, 1985.
  
  
• Schulke, Flip. King Remembered. New York: Pocket Books, 1986.
  
  
• Schulke, Flip. Martin Luther King, Jr.: a Documentary ... Montgomery to Memphis. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1976.
  
  
• Walton, Hanes. The Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Westport: Greenwood, 1971.

For Children

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• Clayton, Edward Taylor. Martin Luther King: the Peaceful Warrior. New York: Pocket Books, 1986.
  
  
• De Kay, James. Meet Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Random House, 1989.
  
  
• Harris, Jacqueline. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: F. Watts, 1983.
  
  
• Jakoubek, Robert. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Chelsea House, 1989.
  
  
• Milton, Joyce. Marching to Freedom: the Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Dell, 1987.

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