Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Created on January 15th, 2013

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Articles and resources to help celebrate the life of the extraordinary 20th century civil rights leader.

Articles A Life of Justice and Service
- By Melissa Slocum
- Posted on January 1st, 2013
Monday, for the twenty-seventh time, Americans will celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the federal holiday that bears his name. On November 3, 1983…
Product "Thou, Dear God"
- By Martin Luther, Jr. King
- Posted on November 1st, 2011
""Thou, Dear God"" is the first and only collection of sixty-eight prayers by Martin Luther King, Jr. Arranged thematically in six parts--with prayers for spiritual guidance…
Product Where Do We Go From Here
- By Martin Luther King Jr
- Posted on January 1st, 2010
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…
Product Stride Toward Freedom
- By Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Posted on January 1st, 2010
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described …
Product The Trumpet of Conscience
- By Martin Luther, Jr. King
- Posted on October 1st, 2010
Product I Have a Dream
- By Martin Luther King
- Posted on January 1st, 1992
"His life informed us, his dreams sustain us yet."*On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial looking out over thousands of troubled…
Product All Labor Has Dignity - With CD (Audio)
- By Martin Luther, Jr. King
- Posted on January 1st, 2011
An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King's speeches on labor rights and economic justice People forget that Dr. King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he …
Product MLK
- By Martin Luther, Jr. King
- Posted on October 1st, 2011
"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…
Product Martin's Big Words
- By multiple authors
- Posted on October 1st, 2001
This picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brings his life and the profound nature of his message to young children through his own words. Martin Luther King, Jr., …
Product Strength to Love
- By Martin Luther King Jr
- Posted on April 1st, 2010
"If there is one book Martin Luther King, Jr. has written that people consistently tell me has changed their lives, it is Strength to Love." So wrote Coretta Scott King. She…
Product The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr
- By Martin Luther, Jr. King
- Posted on January 1st, 2001
Using Stanford University's voluminous collection of archival material, including previously unpublished writings, interviews, recordings, and correspondence, King scholar…
Product Why We Can't Wait
- By Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Posted on January 1st, 2000
Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963 "Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, 'Wait.' But when you have seen vicious…
Articles The Courage to Listen
- By Brett Younger
- Posted on January 1st, 2013
1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20) The year after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, I was a third grader in Ridgeland, Mississippi. I lived in a segregated world—separate and …
Articles The Biblical Call to Love
- By Erik Alsgaard
- Posted on January 7th, 2013
No Greater Love Dorwin Stoddard loved his wife, Mavanell, with all his heart. On Saturday, January 8, 2011, witnesses say that Dorwin proved his love for Mavanell by saving her…
Articles Prayers and Suggested Readings for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- By Ministry Matters
- Posted on January 7th, 2013
Pastoral Prayer IT IS GIVEN to only a few people, O God, to rise above the crowds and become symbols of hope and passion to all of us. We thank you for these persons, from Moses…
Articles Living The Dream
- By Fred Allen
- Posted on January 2nd, 2013
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the…
Product A Testament of Hope
- By Martin King
- Posted on December 1st, 1990
"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…
Product Waking from the Dream
- By David Chappell
- Posted on January 1st, 2014
The author of "A Stone of Hope, "called "one of the three or four most important books on the civil rights movement" by "The Atlantic Monthly, " turns his attention to the years…
Product A Time to Break Silence
- By Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Posted on November 1st, 2013
The first collection of King's essential writings for high school students and young people "A Time to Break Silence" presents Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most important writings…
Product A Gift of Love
- By Martin Luther, Jr. King
- Posted on November 1st, 2012
The classic collection of sixteen sermons preached and compiled by Dr. King As Dr. King prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for…
Blog The Resounding Call to Dream
- By Jerrod Hugenot
- Posted on January 17th, 2014
This weekend, many Americans gather to celebrate the civic holiday in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. Dr. King had many ties to the American Baptist Churches/USA…