The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Volume I (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Historical papers
- Time of Work: January 15, 1929-June 4, 1951
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Letters
- Subjects: 1950’s, African Americans, Civil rights, Discrimination, Segregation or integration, Social action, Self-discovery, Politics, Racism, Race, South or Southerners, Leadership, Protests or demonstrations, Social issues, Ministry or ministers, Letter writing, Nobel Prizes, Nonviolence, Letters, Theology, Theism, Activism, Boycotts, Baptists, Documentation
Called to Serve is the first of a proposed fourteen-volume set of the collected works of Martin Luther King, Jr., who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, four years before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. Volume 1 takes King through his twenty-second year, to the eve of his entrance into Boston University’s graduate school.
Called to Serve is also the first fruit of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project, established in 1984 by the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc. In 1986, project director Clayborne Carson, a...
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