As editor of The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Clayborne
Carson, with the assistance of his staff at Stanford's Martin
Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, had access to
many documents relating to Dr. King's life and career. From their
unique familiarity with these materials, they have compiled an
encyclopedia offering a fresh and exciting look at the work of Dr.
King and the course of the civil rights movement. Scholars,
students, and interested nonspecialists will all find the more than
280 entries provided in the encyclopedia to be both informative and
engaging. Alphabetically arranged, each entry concludes with a list
of sources, both primary and secondary, upon which it is based. The
entries cover all facets of Dr. King's life and career, including
the following members of his family: BLhis wife, Coretta Scott King
BLhis father, Martin Luther King, Sr. BLhis mother, Alberta
Williams King BLhis brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King and all
four of his children His many friends and associates in the
movement: BLRalph David Abernathy BLMaya Angelou BLSammy Davis Jr.
BLMedgar Evers BLDick Gregory BLBenjamin Hooks BLJames Meredith
BLAndrew Young His campaigns and marches: BLBirmingham Campaign
BLChicago Campaign BLMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
BLMemphis Sanitation Workers Strike BLMongomery Bus Boycott
BLOperation Breadbasket And the many organizations he led or
interacted with: BLCongress of Racial Equality BLMontgomery
Improvement Association BLNational Conference on Religion and Race
BLSouthern Christian Leadership Conference BLStudent Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee Other entries discuss the churches he
pastored, the dissertation he wrote, thetrips he took to India and
Ghana, the books he published, the speeches he delivered, the Nobel
Prize he won, the presidents and other national figures he knew,
and his chief opponents and critics. The encyclopedia also offers a
detailed chronology of Dr. King's life, a selected bibliography of
important seconday sources, and a detailed Introduction putting Dr.
King's career in context with its times, a Guide to Related Topics,
and a detailed subject index.
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