Honoring MLK

Updated January 14, 2026
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The sword and the shield : the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Joseph, Peniel E.
Paper Book
This dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King transforms our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders. "A fascinating story, full of subtle twists and turns."  --Washington Post To...
At Canaan's edge : America in the King years, 1965-68
Branch, Taylor.
Paper Book
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 is the final volume in Taylor Branch's magnificent history of America in the years of the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War, recognized universally as the definitive account and ultimate recognition of Martin Luther King's heroic...
Civil rights literature, past & present
Varlack, Christopher Allen
Paper Book
Outstanding, in-depth scholarship by renowned literary critics; great starting point for students seeking an introduction to the theme and the critical discussions surrounding it. American civil rights literature has largely been associated with speeches, letters, and non-fiction works...
A more beautiful and terrible history : the uses and misuses of civil rights history
Theoharis, Jeanne
Paper Book
Praised by The New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Bitch Magazine; Slate; Publishers Weekly; and more, this is "a bracing corrective to a national mythology" (New York Times) around the civil rights movement. The civil rights movement...
Voices of freedom : an oral history of the civil rights movement from the 1950s through the 1980s
Hampton, Henry
Paper Book
"A vast choral pageant that recounts the momentous work of the civil rights struggle."--The New York Times Book Review   A monumental volume drawing upon nearly one thousand interviews with civil rights activists, politicians, reporters, Justice Department officials...

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