Martin Luther King, Jr. Sources in the LSU Libraries
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Selected Resources Mitchell Brown, Compiler (1993) Updated by Carlos Diez (1994) Updated by Isaac Clark and Alexis Carrasquel (2006) |
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Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr. I've Been to the Mountaintop.
(San Francisco, CA: Harper San Francisco), 1994.
Martin Luther King [videorecording]: I have a dream; Lincoln Memorial
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Bowling Green: Johnson/Rudolph Video Productions), 1988.
A Martin Luther King Treasury.
(Yonkers, NY: Educational Heritage), 1964.
The Measure of A Man.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Philadelphia: Fortress Press), 1988.
A selection of sermons.
The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Clayborne Carson, ed. (Berkeley: University of California Press), 1992.
The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Word that Moved America.
Richard Lischer. (New York: Oxford University Press), 1995
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (New York: Harper), 1958.
The story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Melvin Washington, ed. (San Francisco: Harper & Row), 1986.
The Trumpet of Conscience
Martin Luther King, Jr. (New York: Harper & Row), 1968.
The Massey Lectures. Sponsored by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Published posthumously.
Reflections on the problems of today's world, the nuclear arms race, etc.
Why We Can't Wait.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (New York: Harper & Row), 1964.
The story of the Birmingham Campaign.
Bibliographies American Political Assassinations: Bibliography of Works Published, 1963-1970.
Related to the Assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Robert F. Kennedy.
(Washington, D.C.: Committee to Investigate Assassinations), 1973.
A Bibliography of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection (MLK Collection) in the Mississippi Valley Collection (MVC).
Compiled by Odie H. Tolbert, Jr. (Memphis, TN: John Willard Brister Library, Memphis State University), 1983.
Eight Negro Bibliographies.
Compiled by Daniel T. Williams. (New York: Kraus Reprint Co.), 1970.
Free At Last: A Bibliography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
William H. Fisher. (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press), 1977.
A Guide to Research on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Modern Black Freedom Struggle.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries), 1989.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: An Annotated Bibliography.
Sherman E. Payatt. (New York: Greenwood), 1986.
The Memphis Multi-Media Archival Project: The 1968 Sanitation Workers' Strike.
David G. Yellin. (Memphis, TN: John Willard Brister Library), 1974.
Unstoppable Man: A Bibliography, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Deborah J. Tucker. (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University), 1994.
Biographical Sources The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (New York: Warner Books), 1998.
King: A Biography. 2nd ed.
David L. Lewis. (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press), 1978.
Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Stephen B. Oates. (New York: Harper Perennial), 1994.
Marching to Freedom: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Robert M. Bleiweiss, ed. (New York: New American Library), 1969.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Concise Biography.
Roberta Strauss Feuerlicht. (New York: American R.D.M. Corporation), 1966.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Documentary, Montgomery to Memphis.
Flip Schulke, ed.(New York: Norton), 1976.
Martin Luther King, Jr: A Profile.
C. Eric Lincoln, ed.(New York: Hill and Wang), 1970.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Freedom Movement.
Lillie Patterson. (New York: Facts on File), 1989.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Apostle of Militant Nonviolence.
James A. Colaiaco. (New York: St. Martin's Press), 1993.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Leader, Theologian, Orator.
David J. Garrow, ed. (Brooklyn, NY: Carlson), 1989.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: His Life, Martyrdom, and Meaning for the World.
William Robert Miller. (New York: Weybright and Talley), 1968.
Martin Luther King, Jr: The FBI File.
Michael Friedly and David Gallen, ed. (New York: Carroll & Graf), 1993.
Other Works Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
David J. Garrow. (New York: Morrow), 1986.
Blessed are the peacemakers: Martin Luther King, Jr., eight white religious leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
Jonathon S. Bass. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press), c2001.
The Ethics of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ervin Smith. (New York: E. Mellen Press), 1981.
A Lasting Impression: A Collection of Photographs of Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Tweedle. (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press), 1983.
The making of Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement.
Brian Ward. (Washington Square, N.Y.: New York University Press), 1996.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Making of A Mind.
John J. Ansbro. (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books), 1982.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Foundations of Nonviolence.
James P. Hanigan. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America), 1984.
The Movement: 1964 - 1970
Compiled by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press), 1993.
Northern Protest: Martin Luther King, Jr., Chicago, and the Civil Rights Movement.
James Ralph, Jr. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press), 1993
Of Kennedys and Kings: Making Sense of the Sixties.
Harris Wofford. (New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux), 1980.
Taylor Branch. (New York: Simon and Schuster), 1988.
Protest at Selma: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
David J. Garrow. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press), 1978.
At the River I Stand.
John Turner Beifuss. (Memphis, TN: St. Luke's Press), 1990.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and America's Quest for Racial Integration.
A.B. Assensoh. (Ilfracombe: Stockwell), 1987.
Ring out freedom!: the voice of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the making of the civil rights movement
Fredrik Sunnemark. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press), c2004.
Search for the Beloved Community: The Thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kenneth L. Smith, Ira G. Zepp. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America), 1986.
Somebodyness: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Theory of Dignity.
Garth Baker Fletcher. (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press), 1993.
Symbols, the News Magazines, and Martin Luther King.
Richard Lentz.(Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press), 1990.
There is a Balm in Gilead: The Cultural Roots of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lewis V. Baldwin.(Minneapolis: Fortress Press), 1991.
They Looked for a City: A Comparative Analysis of the Ideal of Community in the Thought of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Walter E. Fluker. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America), 1989.
To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Adam Fairclough. (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press), 1987.
To See the Promised Land: The Faith Pilgrimage of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frederick L. Downing. (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press), 1986.
Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Its Sources.
Keith D. Miller. (New York: Free Press), 1992.
We Shall Overcome: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Black Freedom Struggle.
Peter J. Albert, Ronald Hoffman, eds. (New York: Pantheon), 1990.
The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Alex Ayers. (New York: Meridian), 1993
Indexes
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries).
URL: http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu
Portfolio - MLK Bibliography/MLK Bibliography.
TELNET: http://www.stanford.edu/group/lfsg/intro.html#Connect
The MLK Bibliography file contains approximately 2700 bibliographic references to works that deal with the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement. The file is maintained by the Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project.
Online Catalog
Use the Online Catalog to locate books and journals held by the LSU Libraries on this topic. To search by subject, use established Library of Congress Subject Headings from the red volumes by the Reference Desk. Use the subject search command in the drop down menu. Relevant general headings include:
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights
Note also that the subheading: -- Civil Rights and -- History-20th Century
for example:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Philosophy.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Influence.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
Afro-Americans--Civil rights.
The keyword search is also useful as an alternative search method, to find items lacking in-depth subject headings:
Similar searches in the indexes and databases section on the Library Homepage will help locate journal articles on these topics.
Online Public Access Catalog
Originally compiled by Christina Riquelmy
Updated by Carlos A. Diaz
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