HISTORICAL REFERENCE: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Made 11 Public Speeches from 1957-1968

Eleven Speeches by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Give Us the Ballot (May 17, 1957)

Loving Your Enemies (Nov 17, 1957)

Letter from A Birmingham Jail (Apr 16, 1963)

Lincoln Memorial Address (Aug 23, 1963)

I Have a Dream (Aug 28, 1963)

The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 Acceptance Speech (Dec 10, 1964)

Our God Is Marching On (Mar 25, 1965)

Beyond Vietnam (Apr 4, 1967)

The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life (Apr 9, 1967)

Where Do We Go From Here (Aug 16, 1967)

I’ve Been to the Mountaintop (Apr 3, 1968) 

- Delivered the day before his assassination

Books by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Strength to Love. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1963. 

_This is a collection of Dr. King’s most requested sermons.

Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1958. 

_Dr. King’s first book; the story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the beginning of the Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement.

The Trumpet of Conscience. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1968. (Foreword by Coretta Scott King.) 

_This book is taken from the 1967 Massey Lectures which King gave through the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. King addresses issues including the Vietnam War, youth and civil disobedience and concludes with the “Christmas Sermon for Peace.”

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1967. 

_An assessment of America’s priorities and a warning that they need to be re-ordered.

Why We Can’t Wait. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1963. 

_The essential writings of Martin Luther King, Jr., James M. Washington, Ed.

Avail yourself of these writings when you get a moment tomorrow. There was much more to Dr. King than "dreaming." 

He was in the fight of his life for Black people to become equal in citizenship in the United States, even if it meant his own death--and he who lays down his life for a friend is he who sticks CLOSER THAN A BROTHER.

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