16 Essential Books About Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Catherine Phelan | Updated Jan 12, 2021 | Published Jan 15, 2019

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Buy MLK: An American Legacy at Amazon

MLK: An American Legacy

By David J. Garrow

Buy The Promise and the Dream at Amazon

The Promise and the Dream

By David Margolick

Buy Judgment Days at Amazon

Judgment Days

By Nick Kotz

Buy Killing the Dream at Amazon

Killing the Dream

By Gerald Posner

Buy Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963 at Amazon

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963

By Taylor Branch

Buy The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement at Amazon

The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement

By Taylor Branch

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Buy Becoming King at Amazon

Becoming King

By Troy Jackson

Buy King's Dream at Amazon

King's Dream

By Eric J. Sundquist

Buy The Speech at Amazon

The Speech

By Gary Younge

Buy Black Theology & Black Power at Amazon

Black Theology & Black Power

By James H. Cone

Buy Waking From the Dream at Amazon

Waking From the Dream

By David L. Chappell

Buy My Life, My Love, My Legacy at Amazon

My Life, My Love, My Legacy

By Coretta Scott King

Buy The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. at Amazon

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Martin Luther King Jr., edited by Clayborne Carson

Buy Why We Can't Wait at Amazon

Why We Can't Wait

By Martin Luther King, Jr.

Buy March: Book One at Amazon

March: Book One

By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

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Buy Let the Trumpet Sound at Amazon

Let the Trumpet Sound

By Stephen B. Oates

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Martin Luther King, Jr.