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15874KING MARTIN LUTHER. Honor His Memory April 2 3 4 Stop the War Now! Poster 17 x 11 inches; minimal wear laid down on linen. Washington DC: National Peace Action Coalition 2 April 1971<br/>Notes: This poster promoted a series of protests against the Vietnam War: local demonstrations planned for 2-4 April followed by marches on Washington and San Francisco on 24 April. It is illustrated with a photograph of Dr. King speaking at a college commencement and an anti-war quotation from one of his speeches: "This widened war has narrowed domestic welfare programs making the poor white and Negro bear the burdens both at the front and at home. unknown books
1999UKINIHA00DPEScholastic Inc. 1999. Very Good. King Martin Luther. I Have A Dream. New York: Scholastic Inc. 1999. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Scholastic Inc. paperback books
196812894New York: Time-Life Books 1968. Oversized Paperback. 96p. profusely illustrated 8.5x11 inches wraps. Time-Life Books paperback books
15873Description: KING MARTIN LUTHER. "He Had a Dream" flier with Roy Wilkins letter for the NAACP Special Contribution Fund. Illustrated flier 4 pages 9 x 8 inches on one folding sheet; with accompanying Letter Signed by Roy Wilkins; light toning to the letter minimal wear. New York: NAACP June 1968<br/>Notes: A fundraising appeal issued by the NAACP in the wake of the King assassination. The flier lists King and a dozen other slain civil rights workers asking "They also had dreams . . . how many more" On the final page it asserts that "Together--black and white--we shall overcome." No other examples in any library or institution according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
16367Martin Luther King Jr. Collection of documents commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. including the program for his funeral services on April 9 1968 and more general material for all who mourned the civil rights leader's tragic death. The official 16 page funeral program contains details of both the private memorial service as well the much larger public service at Morehouse College. The program also features a three page eulogy a timeline of his greatest achievements in civil rights and three more pages of quotes from his many inspiring speeches. In many of these King directly addresses the possibility he would one day be killed for the movement he led. One quote dated 1962 reads: ''It may get me crucified. I may even die. But I want it said even if I die in the struggle that 'He died to make men free''. <br/><br/>A memorial card is also included with a memorial poem commemorating King's life and achievements "From Montgomery to Memphis" printed inside. The card references many of MLK's most famous speeches including his "I Have A Dream" speech from the March on Washington in 1963. The last two documents come from an NAACP fundraising drive in the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination: a poster with the photo-illustrated portrait of Dr. King and the words "He Had a Dream" along with a typed signed letter from NAACP President Roy Wilkins. The flier lists King and a dozen other slain civil rights workers including Medgar Evers asking "They also had dreams . . . how many more" On the final page it asserts that "Together--black and white--we shall overcome." No other examples of poster found at any institution or library as per OCLC. Crease down center of poster. Light discoloring of letter. All materials in very good condition. unknown books
16360Martin Luther King Jr. King discusses color discrimination segregation equality police brutality Montgomery and his struggles in this pre-publication original typescript. Martin Luther King's interview with John Freeman was broadcast on 29 October 1961 in the BBC series 'Face to Face'. The present typescript of the interview is from the papers of the program's producer Hugh Burnett and is edited for publication as the section on 'The Rev LUTHER KING' in the book 'Face to Face Edited and introduced by Hugh Burnett' London: Jonathan Cape 1964. On two leaves stapled together. Published by Undated but prepared for publication in 1964. <br/><br/>In this remarkable typescript King talks about his mother's influence on King's beliefs: "I first became conscious of color discrimination at a very early age. I think the first time I was about six years old." King states relating how the white children next door never wanted to play. "Finally I went to my mother with this problem and she tried to explain to me in the best way she could explain to a child of six years old . She tried to explain to me the meaning of the system of segregation but the thing I will always remember is that in the midst of her explanation she always said to me "You must never feel that you are less than anybody else. You must always feel that you are somebody and you must always fee that you are as good as anybody else." King continues "On the one hand my mother taught me that should feel a sense of somebodiness on the other hand I had to go out and face the system which stared me in the face everyday saying "You are less than" "you are not equal to." King goes on "I remember as a child seeing problems of police brutality . in Montgomery Alabama we get no protection from law enforcement agencies." And yet King explains commitment to a moral ideal allows him to be courageous in the face of danger: I have been threatened many many times. There was a time that we received as many as thirty and forty threatening calls a day and of course I received numerous threatening letters .In Montgomery our home was bombed twice . We have had crosses burned on our lawn."<br/><br/>"I don't think anyone in a situation like this can go through it without confronting moments of real fear. But I have always had something that gave me an inner sense of assurance and an inner sense of security and in the final analysis even in moments of loneliness something ultimately came to remind me that in this struggle because it is basically right because it is a thrust forward to achieve something not just for negro people but something that will save the whole of mankind and when I have come to see these things I always felt a sense of cosmic companionship. So that the loneliness and the fear have faded because of a greater feeling of security because of commitment to a moral ideal. There have been times I have had to send my wife and family away for safety . my wife happens to be one of those very strong persons . I can remember a time when I sent her away for safety and a few days later she was back home because she wanted to be there." In fair condition lightly aged and worn. unknown books
16492KING JR. Martin Luther. Report on the Montgomery movement featured in the second issue The Liberation. April 1956. The story of King's discovery of a "new and powerful weapon-non-violent resistance." King according to this report sees a "new Negro" emerging in the South: "The extreme tension in race relations in the South today is explained in part by the revolutionary change in the Negro's evaluation of himself and of his destiny and by his determination to struggle for justice." The movement finds its strength King argues in the black community's economic power the church's militant leadership and the ability to implement nonviolent protest tactics. The MIA and the Congress of Racial Equality CORE reprinted and distributed King's article. The introduction is by Jim Peck editor of the CORElator contributor to Crisis and writer of the column "As Jimcrow Flies" in Independent formerly Expose. Cover drawing by Rosetta Bakish. unknown books
16099Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Important and rare Civil Rights document from the original files of the SCLC the Civil Rights organization King founded after the Montgomery Bus Boycotts. First Edition. Dated October 30 1967 the day of King's return to Birmingham the locus of one of his most triumphant campaigns and also where his volunteers endured some of the greatest persecution. 4 mimeograph pages stapled upper left. 8.5" x 11" inches. After 4 years of court battles King must turn himself over to Birmingham authorities to serve a jail sentence resulting from violating an illegal injunction during his 1963 non-violent demonstrations"We depart for jail in Birmingham convinced that our imprisonment is a small price to pay for the historic achievement which directly flowed from the convictions on the streets of Birmingham." One copy of this statement is held by the archives of the King Center; and no other copies among institutional holdings or auction records. <br/><br/>In this moving speech King reminds his followers how Birmingham in 1963 united the Civil Rights Movement "We recall with pride how thousands of Negro citizens facing dogs fire hoses mass arrests and other outrages against human dignity bore dramatic witness to the evils which pervaded the most segregated city in our nation. History has since recorded how these non-violent demonstrators led to the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legislation which finally brought the end of legal segregation." Birmingham in 1967 now brings the opportunity to make them aware of a new foe the "X-party injunction sic--meaning ex parte injunction used by hostile local courts to frustrate and silence the vital First Amendment rights of all citizens." But while the battle for civil rights had found its way to the courtroom it was still very much in the streets as well "We are witnessing an escalating disregard for constitutional freedom. In the last two weeks U.S. Marshals state troopers and local police have clubbed demonstrators in Washington Berkeley and Madison Wis.; police have dragged girls by the hair in Brooklyn Tear gas has scattered and routed protestors in Washington Berkeley and Oberlin Ohio and even the odious fire hoses of Bull Connor were callously deployed against college students at Oberlin. Student arrests in this short period are beginning to reach levels unknown in this country since Selma." As King presents himself to Birmingham authorities he reminds his followers of the true meaning of civil disobedience "we will not appeal nor will we seek to flee the punishment. It is the heart of civil disobedience that one accepts the consequences willingly and openly." And through his sacrifice King reminds them that they too may be called as brave soldiers to the cause "As we leave for Birmingham Jail today we call out to America: "Take heed. Do not allow the Bill or sic Rights to become a prisoner of war." <br/><br/>Period sources state King handwrote his speeches before handing them off to aides who would type a clean copy then mimeograph them for the press typically in a run of about 200 copies. Most if not all were distributed to the press and then lost. Today the only other original copy of this document is in the collection of the King Center. Like those in the King Center this document escaped destruction because it were never distributed but rather remained as the personal copy of King or his top staffers. This can be proven by the fact that all press copies were carefully inscribed with a copyright symbol © while King's copy brought with him to the podium and other internal copies remained blank. This press release spent decades in an SCLC filing cabinet where it was exposed to dampening on the left side but is otherwise untouched. It now presents in only fair condition with water staining and rust around the original staple which is still holding. Mark from previous paper-clipping upper left. Light grey water stains to left side of document and bottom left corner frayed. All text legible. The right side of the document was apparently more protected in its file and is in very good condition. It was gifted from the Estate of Thomas Offenburger to Stoney Cooks. Both Offenburger and Cooks worked with King at the SCLC with Offenburger as publicist and Cooks as a young Director of Student Affairs. King's return to Birmingham is a stunning moment in Civil Rights history preserved through this historic document. unknown books
15509King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther. Banner with a large illustrated bust at center and with the bold text "WE SHALL OVERCOME" along the top edge. A large original period banner measuring 12" x 15.5" with text and illustration of Dr. King in dark yellow on black felt with machine-sewn upper border inserted wood rod and stapled white tassels. This piece is a fine rare and well-preserved example celebrating the civil rights hero. It is the only example of this type we have ever offered. <br/><br/>The legacy left by King in the modern African American freedom struggle was to link black aspirations to transcendent widely shared democratic ideals. While helping grassroots leaders mobilize African Americans for sustained mass struggles he inspired participants to believe that their cause was just and consistent with traditional American egalitarian values. King also appealed to the consciences of all Americans thus building popular support for civil rights reform. unknown books
1958140941010New York: Harper & Brothers 1958. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition stated first printing. Near Fine with light softening at spine ends offsetting to endsheets and light toning to pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with fading to the spine light edge wear and toning to the verso. A lovely copy. Harper & Brothers unknown books
14319Good. This is a fan. Approximately 18 x 20cm. with colored portrait of King on front and advertisement for Babbage Funeral Home in Hopkinsville Ky. on back. Photo copyrighted by A. Scheer. #8747. Attached to stick with 2 staples. Some wear. <br/><br/> unknown books
2281574Harper & Row 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition stated with $3.50 price on jacket. Owner bookplate remnant on front endpaper reverse of jacket foxed jacket a bit rubbed. 1963 Hard Cover. x 2 146 2 pp. 8vo. King's second book a collection of sermons preaching the value of love and nonviolence and urging the sort of mutual understanding and respect King spoke about during his speeches as a civil right activist. "If there is one book Martin Luther King Jr. has written that people consistently tell me has changed their lives it is Strength to Love." So wrote Coretta Scott King. She continued: "I believe it is because this book best explains the central element of Martin Luther King Jr.' s philosophy of nonviolence: His belief in a divine loving presence that binds all life. By reaching into and beyond ourselves and tapping the transcendent moral ethic of love we shall overcome these evils." In these short meditative and sermonic pieces some of them composed in jails and all of them crafted during the tumultuous years of the Civil Rights struggle Dr. King articulated and espoused in a deeply personal compelling way his commitment to justice and to the intellectual moral and spiritual conversion that makes his work as much a blueprint today for Christian discipleship as it was then. Individual readers as well as church groups and students will find in this work a challenging yet energizing vision of God and redemptive love. Harper & Row hardcover books
19728744GC DOUBLEDAY 1972 1972. SIGNED BY FRANK G FIRST EDITION 2ND PRINTING VERY GOOD-FINE. Signed by Authors. F. GC, DOUBLEDAY, 1972 unknown books
196817409New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1968. Trade Paperback. 154p. trade-size wraps mildly edgeworn with an ink squiggle on half-title an else good copy. Grosset & Dunlap paperback books
1968145969N. pl: Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation and the National Education Association 1968. 48p. profusely illus. with photographs reproduced in gravure with velvety black background 8.5x10 inches deep black wraps lettered in cameo blind; cover is pressure-marked and has a small white stain. Text by John Gardiner. Distributed in response to contributions to The Martin Luther King Memorial Scholarship Fund sponsored by the California Teachers Association. Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation and the National Education Association unknown books
196818026N. pl: Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation and the National Education Association 1968. 48p. profusely illus. with photographs reproduced in gravure with velvety black background 8.5x10 inches deep black wraps lettered in cameo blind; bears a few light pressure marks. Text by John Gardiner. Distributed in response to contributions to The Martin Luther King Memorial Scholarship Fund sponsored by the California Teachers Association. Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation and the National Education Association unknown books
1965140940831New York: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York 1965. First Edition. Near Fine. Supplemental offprint from The Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Vol. 20 Number 5. Stapled wraps. 24 pp. First edition. Near Fine with faint creasing along binding tiny staple rust transfer on back wrap. Transcribes the introductory remarks of the Honorable Samuel I. Rosenman Dr. King's full address and the audience question and answer session moderated by Judge Rosenman afterwards. Rare with only six copies located in an OCLC WorldCat search and no copies in the trade. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York unknown books
199273732Berkeley: University of California Press 1992. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition second printing. The first volume in the anticipated fourteen-volume definitive edition of King's most significant sermons speeches correspondence published writings and unpublished manuscripts. Presentation copy inscribed and dated on the front flyleaf in the first volume by Coretta Scott King 1927-2006 to Dr. C.T. Wright 1942-2020: "with deep appreciation for your commitment to the fulfillment of the dream." The only son of Georgia tenant farmers Wright served as a teacher and administrator at several colleges and universities establishing himself later in life as a prominent and much-respected civic and religious leader in Arizona. Small quarto: 484 p. with a frontispiece portrait and textual photographs. Original green cloth binding with gilt titles. Minor bump to the top corner of the front board with some light edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. University of California Press hardcover books
1987265177New York: Newmarket Press 1987. Mass Market Paperback. 122p. trade-size wraps 8x5 inches a well-designed book in perfect condition: sound clean and unmarked. Laid in are two sheets of publisher's menu on related matters. Newmarket Press paperback books
1987147963New York: Newmarket Press 1987. Magazine. 104p. wraps. Newmarket Press unknown books
1983144501Columbia: University of South Carolina Press 1983. Hardcover. xxii 74p 9x12 inches profusely illustrated monograph with the b&w photos of the African American photographer very good first edition stated in bright unclipped djlike dj. University of South Carolina Press hardcover books
6074218 1/2" x 11" 1 page recto only. 20 lines Fine. ca. 1970. "A Salute To Pastor Thomas Kilgore Jr." Kilgore 1914-1998 minister; helped organize the historic 1963 civil rights march on Washington and founded the Los Angeles chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; he rose to prominence as pastor at the Friendship Baptist Church in New York City. Was a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. No Binding. Fine. unknown books
1968232053Washington DC: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History 1968. Magazine. 24p. includes covers 8.5x11 inches cover portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. photos features news opinion reviews wraps slightly worn with two small rust stains else very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. memorial issue for King with excerpts from his writing and eulogies memorials essays. The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History unknown books
196831757New York: Leo Feist 1968. 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Pictorial self wrappers with photo of King on upper cover. Very good. 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rare King Tribute. Rare: OCLC locates only the Yale and the British Library copies. This example bears a gift inscription to Clarence L. Holte 1909-1993 the prominent African-American bibliophile and publisher of "The Basic Afro-American Reprint Library Leo Feist unknown books
1965List915New York: Pix Incorporated 1965. Double weight silver gelatin photographs 6 â…ž x 9 â…ž. With Pix stamps on versos crediting the images to Ernest Reshovsky. One image with a small section of loss other with some edgewear overall very good to near fine with fine contrast. A pair of original photographs of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council at the Hollywood Palladium in 1967 a speech in which he compared the plight of African-Americans to the untouchable class in India. King would revisit in other speeches from the era. The previous night King had attempted to attend the The Greatest Story Ever Told at the nearby former Cinerama Dome where the police found dynamite in the theater and also delivered a famous speech at the Temple Israel of Hollywood during the same trip. Offered here are two original press photographs from King's speech at the Hollywood Palladium taken by Ernest Reshovsky for the Pix agency. Pix Incorporated unknown books
