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H OnOring D r . M ArTin L uTHer K ing , J r . Books continued from page 7 Edward Kennedy, John Lewis, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Andrew Young, who recall Dr. King’s career and trace his leadership in the civil rights movement. Includes portions of his “I Have a Dream” speech. 6) “Citizen King” Downloadable video and DVD PBS Home Video In exploring the last few years of his life, this American Experience production traces King’s efforts to recast himself by embracing causes beyond the civil rights movement, by becom- ing a champion of the poor and an outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam. Tapping into a rich archive of photographs and film footage and using diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts of fellow activists, friends, jour- nalists, political leaders and law enforcement officials, this film brings fresh insights to King’s impossible journey, his charismatic leadership and his truly remarkable impact.” Carson is the director and editor of the Martin Luther King Papers Project, and with thousands of King’s essays, notes, letters, speeches, and sermons at his disposal, Carson has organized King’s writings into a posthumous autobiogra- phy. In an early student essay, King prophetically penned: “We cannot have an enlightened democracy with one great group living in ignorance.... We cannot have a nation order- ly and sound with one group so ground down and thwarted that it is almost forced into unsocial attitudes and crime.” Such state- ments, made throughout King’s career, are skillfully woven together into a coherent narrative of the quest for social justice. The autobiography delves, for example, into the philosophical training King received at Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary, and Boston University, where he consolidated the teachings of Afro-American theologian Benjamin Mays with the philosophies of Locke, Rousseau, Gandhi, and Thoreau. Through King’s voice, the reader intimately shares in his trials and triumphs, including the Montgomery Boycott, the 1963 “I Have a Dream Speech,” the Selma March, and the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. In one of his last speeches, King reminded his audience that “in the final analysis, God does not judge us by the separate incidents or the separate mis- takes that we make, but by the total bent of our lives.” Carson’s skillful editing has created an original argument in The world is changing and anyone who thinks he can live alone is sleeping through a revolution Martin Luther King Jr., 1968 Print Books 7) “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.” Edited by Clayborne Carson. Also available on audio cassette Intellectual Properties Management, Inc. in association with Warner Books, c1998. Celebrated Stanford University Historian Clayborne See REAd page 16 Page 8 The Portland and Seattle Skanner Martin Luther King Edition January 11, 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
