Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

Pillar of Fire

America in the King Years 1963-65

By: Taylor Branch
Narrated by: Janina Edwards & Prentice Onayemi
Length: 29 hours 49 minutes

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement.

In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch... Read more

At Canaan's Edge - Abridged

America in the King Years, 1965-68

By: Taylor Branch
Narrated by: Joe Morton
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

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 place in the nation's history.

The final volume of Taylor... Read more

Martin Luther King: The Essential Box Set

The Landmark Speeches and Sermons of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By: Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard & Peter Holloran
Narrated by: Keith David, Jay Gregory, Martin Luther King Jr. & Clayborne Carson
Length: 15 hours 22 minutes

For the first time ever, twenty-four original recordings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from his iconic "I Have A Dream" speech to his stirring sermon "A Knock At Midnight," are collected together in this treasured box set. His landmark speeches that echoed around the world and the more intimate sermons from the churches where he carried out... Read more

Bearing the Cross

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

By: David J. Garrow
Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
Length: 34 hours 22 minutes

Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. David J. Garrow had unrestricted access to Martin Luther King's personal papers, to thousands of pages of newly released FBI documents, and to more than seven hundred... Read more

A Knock at Midnight

By: Clayborne Carson
Narrated by: Keith David & Jay Gregory
Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader and visionary of the civil rights movement, was first and foremost a preacher. This unique collection features a selection of Dr. King's best sermons - some not heard since he first delivered them - recorded at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and in other churches where he carried his... Read more

The Seminarian

Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age

By: Patrick Parr
Narrated by: Brad Sanders
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Martin Luther King Jr. was a cautious nineteen-year-old rookie preacher when he left Atlanta, Georgia to attend seminary up north. Immediately at Crozer Theological Seminary, King, or 'ML' back then, found that he was surrounded by a white staff and white professors. Even his dorm room had once been used by wounded Confederate soldiers during... Read more

Martin Luther King, Jr., on Leadership

Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times

By: Donald T. Phillips
Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Read the detailed and absorbing chronicle of Martin Luther King's leadership during the most tumultuous period in America's recent past—featuring a foreword by Dr. Bernice King.
 
Hailed as America’s greatest civil rights advocate, Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired the people of the United States to demand equality, regardless of the color of... Read more

DK Life Stories: Martin Luther King Jr.

DK Life Stories

By: Laurie Calkhoven
Narrated by: Joeseph Balderrama
Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Learn all about Martin Luther King Jr. and his stand for equal rights in this children's biography.

In this biography, discover the amazing story of Martin Luther King Jr, whose powerful words and dreams for the future inspired the world.

Martin Luther King Jr. will always be remembered for his famous "I have a dream" speech, which he gave during... Read more

My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By: Martin Luther King
Narrated by: Martin Luther King
Length: 12 minutes

What was it like growing up as a son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? This memoir by Martin Luther King III provides insight into one of history’s most fascinating families and into a special bond between father and son.“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their... Read more

Coretta Scott

By: Ntozake Shange
Narrated by: Phylicia Rashad
Length: 5 minutes

This extraordinary union of poetic text by Ntozake Shange and monumental artwork by kadir Nelson captures the movement for civil rights in the United States and honors its most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott Read more