His Life Work and Importance as Examined Through Selected Books, Media (Film, Video & DVDS), Electronic Books and Government Documents
Abernathy, Donzaleigh. Partners To History: Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph David
Abernathy, and The Civil Rights Movement. [Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy,Jr.]
New York: Crown, 2003.
E185.61 .A165 2003
American Sermons: The Pilgrims To Martin Luther King, Jr. New York : Library of
America. 1999.
BV 4241 .A514 1999
At The River I Stand. [videorecording]. Film by David Appleby, Allison Graham, Steven
and John Ross. Produced by Memphis State University, Department of Theatre
and Communication Arts. San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 1993.
LaGuardia Media VHS 947 Reserve Loan
Atlanta, Georgia, 1960-1961 : Sit-Ins and Student Activism. Ed. David J. Garrow.
Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson, 1989.
LaGuardia Reference F294.A89 N418 1989 Non Circulating
Baldwin, Lewis V. Amiri YaSin Al-Hadid. Between Cross and Crescent: Christian
and Muslim Perspectives on Malcolm and Martin. Gainesville: UP Florida, 2002.
BP222 .B35 2002
Bass, S. Jonathan. Blessed Are The Peacemakers : Martin Luther King, Jr., Eight White
Religious Leaders, And The "Letter From Birmingham Jail." Baton Rouge, La.:
Louisiana State UP, 2001.
F 334 .B69 N415 2001
Beckner, Chrisanne. 100 African-Americans Who Shaped American History. San
Francisco, CA : Bluewood, 1995.
E 185.96 .B43 1995
Beifuss, Joan Turner. At the River I Stand: Memphis, the 1968 Strike, and Martin Luther
King. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson, 1989.
HD5325.S2572 1968 .M46 1989
Bennett, Lerone. What Manner of Man; A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chicago: Johnson, 1976.
E 185.97 .K5 B42 1976
Birmingham, Alabama, 1956-1963 : The Black Struggle For Civil Rights. Ed.
David J. Garrow. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson., 1989.
LaGuardia Reference F334.B69 N417 1989 Non Circulating
Blake, John. Children Of The Movement: The Sons And Daughters of Martin Luther
King, Jr., Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, George Wallace, Andrew Young, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Bob Moses, James Chaney, Elaine Brown, And Others Reveal How The Civil Rights Movement Tested And Transformed Their Families. Chicago: Lawrence Hill, 2004.
E185.96 .B5645 2004
Bobbitt, David A. The Rhetoric Of Redemption : Kenneth Burke's Redemption Drama And
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" Speech. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littefield, 2004.
E185.97 .K5 B58 2004
Branch, Taylor. At Canaan's Edge : America In The King Years, 1965-68. New
York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.
LaGuardia Browsing Collection
E185.615 .B67 2006
Branch, Taylor. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63. New York:
Simon and Schuster, 1988.
E185.61 .B7914 1988
Burns, Stewart. To the Mountaintop: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Sacred Mission to Save
America: 1955-1968. San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.
E185.97 .K5 B798 2004
Citizen King. [videorecording]. ROJA Productions: a Film for American Experience.
BBC and WGBH Boston. Produced, directed and written by Orlando Bagwell and W.Noland Walker; Executive producer, Mark Samuels. [Alexandria, VA]: PBS Home Video, 2004.
LaGuardia Media DVD 98 Reserve Loan
Clayton, Ed, 1921-1966. Martin Luther King: The Peaceful Warrior. New York: Pocket,
1969
E 185.97 .K5 C5 1969
Cone, James H. Martin & Malcolm & America: a Dream or a Nightmare. Maryknoll, N.Y :
Orbis ,1991.
E 185.97 .K5 C66 1991
Dyson, Michael Eric. I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther
King, Jr. New York: Free Press, 2000.
E 185.97 .K5 D97 2000
Essay on Martin Luther King. [videorecording]. Produced by Tony Brown, James
Cannady, Sheryl J. Cannady. Directed Wally Ashby. New York Tony Brown
Productions, 2004.
LaGuardia Media VHS 1465 Reserve Loan
Eyes On The Prize II. The Promised Land (1967-1968) [videorecording]
Blackside Productions, Boston, MA : Blackside, Alexandria, VA : PBS Video
[distributor], 1989.
LaGuardia Media VHS 605 Part 4 Reserve Loan
Fairclough, Adam. Martin Luther King, Jr.: UP Georgia , 1995.
E 185.97 .K5 F35 1995
Frady, Marshall. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York, N.Y: Penguin, 2002.
E 185.97 .K5 F695 2002b
Franklin, Vincent P. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Park Lane, 1998.
E 185.97 .K5 F75 1998
Friedly, Michael. Martin Luther King, Jr.: The FBI File. Ed. David Gallen. New York:
Carroll & Graf, 1993.
LaGuardia Reference E185.97.K5 G35 1993 Non Circulating
E185.97.K5 G35 1993
The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Boundaries Of Law, Politics, And Religion.
Ed. Lewis V. Baldwin with Rufus Burrow, Jr., Barbara A. Holmes, and Susan
Holmes Winfield. Notre Dame, Ind. Notre Dame UP, 2002.
E185.97 .K5 L35 2002
Garrow, David J. Bearing the cross : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference. New York: W. Morrow, 1986.
E 185.97 .K5 G36 1986
Gates, Henry Louis and Cornel West. The African-American Century: How Black
Americans Have Shaped Our Country. New York: Free Press, 2000.
E 185.96 .G38 2000
Hansen, Drew D. The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and The Speech That Inspired A
Nation. New York: Ecco, 2003.
E185.97 .K5 H273 2003
Herman, A. L. Community, Violence, and Peace Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., And Gautama The Buddha In The Twenty-First Century. Albany, N.Y.: State UP of New York, 1999.
CUNY netLibrary Collection Access: Web Workstations eBook
I Have A Dream: Martin Luther King Jr. and The Future Of Multicultural America.
Ed. James Echols. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004.
E185.97 .K5 I17 2004
In Remembrance Of Martin [videorecording] / Idanha Films. Producers, Lori Kearns
and Dave Marquis; director, Kell Kearns. Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, 1988.
LaGuardia Media VHS 630 Reserve Loan
January, Brendan. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Minister And Civil Rights Leader.
Chicago, Ill. Ferguson, 2000.
E 185.97 .K5 J36 2000
Johnson, Charles Richardand Bob Adelman. King: The Photobiography Of Martin
Luther King, Jr. New York : Viking Studio, 2000.
E 185.97 .K5 J57 2000
King, Coretta Scott. The Movement. [sound recording] [New York] : Caedmon, 1972.
LaGuardia Media - 1 week loan R 9202
King, Coretta Scott. Free At Last, Free At Last; His Truth Is Marching On. [sound
recording [New York] : Caedmon, 1972.
LaGuardia Media- 1 week loan R 9201
King, Coretta Scott. My life with Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, 1969.
E 185.97 .K5
King, Dexter Scott. Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir. New York: Intellectual
Properties Management / Warner , 2003.
E185.97 .K5 K52 2003
King, Martin Luther, Jr. A Call To Conscience : The Landmark
Speeches Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ed. Clayborne Carson and Kris
Shephard. New York : Warner Books, 2001.
E 185.97 .K5 A5 2001
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Why We Can't Wait. New York : Signet, 2000.
E 185.61 .K54 2000 Reserve Loan
King, Martin Luther, Jr., Autobiography of Martin Luther King.
Ed. Clayborne Carson. London: Intellectual Properties Management/Abacus, 2000, 1998.
E 185.97 .K5 A52 2000
King, Martin Luther, Jr., A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration From The
Great Sermons Of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Ed. Clayborne Carson and Peter Holloran. New York : Intellectual Properties Management / Warner, 1998.
BV 4241.5 .K56 1998
King, Martin Luther, Jr. The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr. Ed Alex Ayres.
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Meridian, 1993.
E185.97.K5 A25 1993
King, Martin Luther, Jr. The Martin Luther King, Jr., Companion : Quotations From
The Speeches, Essays, And Books Of Martin Luther King, Jr. Selected by
Coretta Scott King. New York : St. Martin's, 1993.
E 185.97 .K5 A25 1993b
King, Martin Luther, Jr. I Have A Dream : Writings And Speeches That Changed
The World. Martin Luther King, Jr. [Foreword by Coretta Scott King.] Ed James Melvin Washington. San Francisco: 1992.
E 185.97 .K5 A25 1992
King, Martin Luther, Jr. The Papers Of Martin Luther King, Jr. Ed. Clayborne
Carson, Ralph E. Luker,and Penny A. Russell. Berkeley : UP California, 1992
LaGuardia Reference E 185.97 .K5 A2 1992 Non Circulating
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.
San Francisco, Calif.: Harper, 1986.
E185.89 .T8 K5 1986
King, Martin Luther, Jr. King, Malcolm, Baldwin : Three Interviews: by
Kenneth B. Clark with new introduction. Wesleyan UP;
Scranton, Pa, 1985.
E 185.61 .K533 1985
[King, Martin Luther, Jr.] Free At Last, Free At Last, Thank God Almighty, I'm Free At
Last [Sound Recording]. Brotherhood Records, 1968.
LaGuardia Media 1 week loan R 9204
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Why We Can't Wait. New York : New American Library, 1964.
E 185.61 .K54
King, Martin Luther, Jr. The Great March To Freedom [sound recording] Detroit:
Gordy, 1963.
LaGuardia Media - 1 week loan R 9203
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Stride Toward Freedom; The Montgomery Story.
New York, Harper, 1958.
E185.89.T8 K5
Knight, Janet M. 3 Assassinations : the Deaths of John & Robert Kennedy and Martin
Luther King. Ed. Janet M. Knight. New York: Facts on File, 1971-78.
E842.9 .K55
Laue, James H. Direct Action And Desegregation, 1960-1962: Toward A Theory Of The
Rationalization Of Protest. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson., 1989.
LaGuardia Reference E185.61 .L35 1989 Non Circulating
Levine, Ellen. If You Lived At The Time Of Martin Luther King. New York, NY:
Scholastic, 1990.
E 185.97 .K5 L44 1990
Lewis, David L. King: A Biography. Urbana: UP Illinois, 1978.
E 185.97 .K5 L45 1978
Lischer, Richard. The Preacher King : Martin Luther King, Jr. And The Word That Moved
America. New York: Oxford UP, 1995.
BV 4208 .U6 L57 1995
Martin Luther King, Jr. Ed. Thomas Siebold.. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven,
2000.
E 185.97 .K5 M288 2000
Martin Luther King, Jr. from Montgomery to Memphis. [videorecording]. Phoenix BFA
Films and Video Inc., 1969.
LaGuardia Media VHS 116 Reserve Loan
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Leader, Theologian, Orator. Ed. David J. Garrow.
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Carlson Pub., 1989.
LaGuardia Reference E185.97.K5 M33 1989 Non Circulating
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Profile. Ed C. Eric Lincoln. New York: Hill and Wang, 1984.
E 185.97 .K5 M32 1984
McKnight, Gerald. The last crusade : Martin Luther King, Jr., the FBI, and the Poor
People's Campaign. Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 1998.
E 185.97 .K5 M38 1998
Melanson, Philip H. The Martin Luther King assassination: new revelations on the
conspiracy and cover-up, 1968-1991 New York : Shapolsky, 1991.
E 185.97 .K5 M39 1991
Miller, Keith D. Voice Of Deliverance: The Language Of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Its
Sources New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992.
E 198.97 .K5 M491 1992
Moses, Greg. Revolution Of Conscience : Martin Luther King, Jr., and The Philosophy of
Nonviolence. New York : Guilford, 1997.
E 185.97 .K5 M65 1997
The Movement 1964-1970. Comp. The staff of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers
Project; sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social
Change, Inc. in association with Stanford University and Emory University;
Clayborne Carson, senior editor and director. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood,
1993.
LaGuardia Reference E185.615 .M68 1993 Non Circulating
Oppenheimer, Martin. The Sit-In Movement Of 1960. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson, 1989.
LaGuardia Reference E185.61 .O67 1989
Non Circulating E185.61 .O67 1989
Patterson, Lillie. Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Freedom Movement. New York: Facts
on File, 1989.
E185.97.K5 P29 1989
Peace Heroes In Twentieth-Century America. Bloomington : Indiana UP, 1986. JX1952 .P336 1986
Pearson, Hugh. When Harlem Nearly Killed King: The 1958 Stabbing Of Martin Luther
King, Jr. New York : Seven Stories ,2002.
E 185.97 .K5 P42 2002
Peck, Ira. The Life And Words Of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York : Scholastic, 1968.
E185.61 .K54 P4 Reserve Loan
Pepper, William. An Act Of State : The Execution Of Martin Luther King. London; New
York : Verso, 2003.
E185.97.K5 P45 2003
Pepper, William. Orders To Kill : The Truth Behind The Murder Of Martin Luther
King. New York : Carroll & Graf, 1995.
E 185.97 .K5 P43 1995
Phillips, Donald Thomas. Martin Luther King, Jr., On Leadership : Inspiration & Wisdom
For Challenging Times. New York: Warner , 1999.
E 185.97 .K5 P46 1999
Posner, Gerald L. Killing The Dream: James Earl Ray And The Assassination Of Martin
Luther King, Jr. New York: Random House, 1998.
E 185.97 .K5 P67 1998
Pyatt, Sherman E. Martin Luther King, Jr.: An Annotated Bibliography. New York:
Greenwood, 1986.
LaGuardia Reference E 185.97 .K5 P92 1986 Non Circulating
Quayle, Louise. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Dreams For A Nation. New York: Fawcett
Columbine, 1990.
E185.97.K5 Q38 1990
Ralph, James R. Northern Protest : Martin Luther King, Jr., Chicago, And The Civil
Rights Movement. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 1993.
F 548.9 .N4 R35 1993
Schraff, Anne E. Coretta Scott King: Striving for Civil Rights. Springfield, NJ: Enslow,
1997.
E 185.97 .K47 S37 1997
Schulke, Flip. He Had A Dream : Martin Luther King And The Civil Rights Movement.
New York : W.W. Norton, 1995.
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Schulke, Flip. King Remembered. New York: Norton, 1986.
E 185.97 .K5 S38 1986
Schuman, Michael. Martin Luther King, Jr : Leader For Civil Rights. Berkeley Heights,
N.J.: Enslow, 1996.
E 185.97 .K5 S39 1996
Sunnemark, Fredrik. Ring Out Freedom!: The Voice Of Martin Luther King, Jr. and
The Making Of The Civil Rights Movement. Bloomington : Indiana UP, 2004.
E185.97 .K5 S866 2004
Swygert, Dorothy. The March For Justice : (The Montgomery Bus Boycott): For Dramatic
Production. Jamaica, N.Y. Rekindling the Heart, 1996, 1988.
PS 3552 .E415 S9 1996
Tilove, Jonathan. Along Martin Luther King : Travels On Black America's Main Street.
New York : Random House, 2003.
E185.615 .T576 2003
United States. Martin Luther King, Jr., And Coretta Scott King Congressional Gold
Medal Authorization. [Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O. : Supt. of Docs., U.S.
G.P.O., 2004].
LaGuardia Government Documents AE 2.110:108-368 Non Circulating
United States. An Act to Extend the Authority for the Construction of a Memorial to
Martin Luther King, Jr. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.: Supt. of Docs.,
U.S. G.P.O., distributor, 2003].
LaGuardia Government Documents AE 2.110:108-125 Non Circulating
United States. An Act to Provide for the Placement at the Lincoln Memorial of a Plaque
Commemorating the Speech of Martin Luther King, Jr., Known as the "I Have a Dream" Speech. [Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O. : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor, 2000]
LaGuardia Government Documents AE 2.110:106-365
United States. An Act to Amend Title 4, United States Code, to Add the Martin Luther
King Jr. Holiday to the List of Days on Which the Flag Should Especially be
Displayed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O. : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,
distributor, 1999]
LaGuardia Government Documents AE 2.110:106-80
The Walking City: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956. Ed. David J. Garrow.
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Carlson Pub., 1989.
LaGuardia Reference F334.M79 N48 1989 Non Circulating
We Shall Overcome : the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950's and
1960's. Ed. David J. Garrow. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson Pub., 1989.
LaGuardia Reference E185.61 .W33 1989 Non Circulating
We Shall Overcome:Martin Luther King,Jr. and The Black Freedom Struggle. Ed Peter
J.Albert and Ronald Hoffman. New York: DaCapo, 1993.
E 185.97 .K5 W4 1993
We Shall Overcome: Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Black Freedom Struggle.
Ed. Peter J. Albert and Ronald Hoffman. New York: Pantheon and United States
Capitol Historical Society, 1990.
E185.97 .K5 W4 1990
Yenne, Bill. 100 Men Who Shaped World History. San Francisco, CA : Bluewood,
1994.
CT 105 .Y46 1994
Zepp, Ira G. The Social Vision Of Martin Luther King, Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson, 1989.
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E185.97.K5 Z46 1989
Countless articles in popular and prestigious journals are available from the Online Research and Journals link on the Library's homepage.
A noteworthy example is the following article:
Alton Hornsby, Jr. The Drum Major on the Mountaintop: A Tribute to Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 62, No. 3. (Jul.,
1977), 213-216.
JSTOR. < http://jstor.org/ >
Also, check our print and Online Encyclopedias.
Also, Gale Virtual Reference Library has excellent articles about Dr. King and his work, including his anti-Vietnam War speeches.
Prepared by Marie Cimino Spina, 1/4/07