Martin Luther King
King, Martin, Letter from Birmingham City Jail
Answer to critics during the major campaign to desegregate Birmingham Alabama. President Kennedy intervened to get King released.
King, Martin, Stride Towards Freedom: The Montgomery Story
Account of year-long 1955 bus boycott which heralded a new stage of nonviolent direct action against segregation and launched King’s leadership.
King, Martin, Why We Can’t Wait
Answer to white leaders urging less militant confrontation and greater patience.