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Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is known and remembered for his leadership during the civil rights movement. Born January 15, 1929, Dr. King was raised by minister and early civil rights activist father Martin Luther King Sr. and mother Alberta Williams King. For his civil rights work he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1964), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumously awarded), and the Congressional Gold Medal (2004, posthumously awarded) and through that work he helped to build a more just world. He authored 6 books before his tragic assassination in 1968.

His Own Words

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Clayborne Carson

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MLK: A Celebration in Word and Image

Charles R. Johnson

from $5.49

Why We Can't Wait

Martin Luther King Jr.

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I Have a Dream

Martin Luther King Jr.

from $4.19

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

Martin Luther King Jr.

from $9.49

Strength to Love

Martin Luther King Jr.

from $5.79

The Measure of a Man (Facets)

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story

Martin Luther King Jr.

from $7.69

The Trumpet of Conscience

Martin Luther King Jr.

from $6.89

All Labor Has Dignity

Martin Luther King Jr.

from $11.09

A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Black History

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself

Frederick Douglass

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The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

from $4.09

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877

Eric Foner

from $9.09

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Robin DiAngelo

from $4.69

1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History

Jeffrey C. Stewart

from $9.59

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

from $4.19

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

from $7.39

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond

from $5.69

The Mis-Education of the Negro

Carter G. Woodson

from $5.19

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

James W. Loewen

from $3.99

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

from $4.09

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

from $5.39

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

from $3.69

Black Heroes: A Black History Book for Kids: 51 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A.

Arlisha Norwood

from $8.19

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

from $4.59

The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage

Susan Altman

from $6.99

The Skin I'm In

Sharon G. Flake

from $4.19

Children's Books on Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

This Is the Dream

Jessica Alexander

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A Sweet Smell of Roses

Angela Johnson

from $4.19

A Ride to Remember

Sharon Langley

from $5.59

Child of the Civil Rights Movement

Paula Young Shelton

from $4.79

The Story of Ruby Bridges

Robert Coles

from $4.19

One Crazy Summer

Rita Williams-Garcia

from $3.59

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Doreen Rappaport

from $4.89

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr

David A. Adler

from $3.59

I am Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Yona Zeldis McDonough

from $4.19

Sit-In

Andrea Davis Pinkney

from $4.59

My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King III

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Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights

Jo S. Kittinger

from $5.09

Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis

Jabari Asim

from $4.49

Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You

Carole Boston Weatherford

from $4.19

The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist

Cynthia Levinson

from $4.49

My Uncle Martin's Big Heart

Angela Farris Watkins

from $4.99

Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Jonah Winter

from $5.19

Let the Children March

Monica Clark-Robinson

from $5.49

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

Starting at $14.09

A ThriftBooks Best Book of 2023

Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.--and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself.