Martin Luther King

Tal vez no sea exagerado decir que Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) puede contarse entre las diez o doce figuras más relevantes de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Pastor baptista en Montgomery (Alabama), las protestas y actos resultantes de la detencion de Rosa Parks, junto con su carisma y personalidad, acabaron situandolo al frente del movimiento por los derechos de la poblacion de raza negra en EE.UU. y determinando su labor activista. Conocedor de las tesis de Gandhi, King hizo suyas las tesis de la no violencia, pero estimo indispensable complementarlas mediante la accion economica y politica, asi como no separar la lucha contra el racismo de la lucha por la redistribucion de la riqueza y de la desobediencia activa a las leyes injustas. El volumen presenta sus discursos, ensayos y sermones mas significativos a lo largo de su breve pero intenso periodo de actividad, truncado por su asesinato en Memphis. El lector apreciara la renovada vigencia de su mensaje en unos tiempos en que, a pesar de los cincuenta años transcurridos, la reivindicacion no solo racial, sino tambien social, vuelve a hacerse apremiante.Seleccion e introduccion de Ramon Gonzalez Ferriz

Materias: Derecho constitucional y administrativo Editorial: Universidad de León

100 citations de Martin Luther King Jr.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character."A superb orator, Martin Luther King Jr. spearheaded a peaceful march on Washington D.C., where he delivered his famous speech, "l Have a Dream", to 250,000 people. The historic speech is one of many successful attempts at voicing his frustration towards oppression and discrimination without resorting to violence thus proving his skills as a public speaker. This compilation contains 100 of Martin Luther King Jrs most celebrated quotes and is ideal for those who need an extra bit of motivation throughout their day. Martin Luther King, Jr., (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and humanitarian, but is best known for his leading role in the African-American civil rights movement. Dr King was awarded five honorary degrees, named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963, and became the youngest man to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize at only thirty-five years of age. He donated his prize money to the Civil Rights Movement.

A collection of the most well-known and treasured writings and speeches of Dr. King, available for the first time as an ebookThe Essential Martin Luther King, Jr. is the ultimate collection of Dr. Kings most inspirational and transformative speeches and sermons, accessibly available for the first time as an ebook. Here, in Dr. Kings own words, are writings that reveal an intellectual struggle and growth as fierce and alive as any chronicle of his political life could possibly be. Included amongst the twenty selections are Dr. Kings most influential and persuasive works such as "I Have a Dream" and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" but also the essay "Pilgrimage to Nonviolence," and his last sermon "I See the Promised Land," preached the day before he was assassinated. Published in honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr. includes twenty selections that celebrate the lifes work of our most visionary thinkers. Collectively, they bring us Dr. King in many rolesphilosopher, theologian, orator, essayist, and authorand further cement the most powerful and enduring words of a man who touched the conscience of the nation and world.

A renowned King scholar pulls from the archives to present a one-of-a-kind collection that captures Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s global visionrevealing how his fight for human rights extended far beyond the U.S. Includes speeches, sermons, and previously unavailable materials.Too many people continue to think of Dr. King only as a southern civil rights leader or an American Gandhi, thus ignoring his impact on poor and oppressed people around the world. In a Single Garment of Destiny is the first book to treat Kings positions on global liberation struggles through the prism of his own words and activities. From the pages of this extraordinary collection, King emerges not only as an advocate for global human rights but also as a towering figure who collaborated with Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert J. Luthuli, Thich Nhat Hanh, and other national and international figures in addressing a multitude of issues we still struggle with todayfrom racism, poverty, and war to religious bigotry and intolerance. Introduced and edited by distinguished King scholar Lewis Baldwin, this volume breaks new ground in our understanding of King.

Aujourdhui, le climat social, marqué par linquiétude, les violences, le sentiment de perte de liberté, marque tous les Français. Ce court ouvrage interroge : quaurait dit Martin Luther King, lui qui a oeuvre, par la non-violence, a conquerir les droits civiques du peuple noir, victime de segregation, de violence, de devalorisation ? On ne sait pas bien sur, ce quil aurait dit, mais son epoque resonne par bien des aspects avec ce que nous connaissons aujourdhui, et ses mots, ecrits lors de rencontres, de manifestations, eclairent dune lumiere etonnante et salutaire, les realites que nous vivons. MLK en appelle a la defense des dignites et des droits, sans concession, mais sans non plus se departir dune volonte que les peuples restent unis et avancent ensemble. Un petit ouvrage qui touche, impressionne et "rechauffe" !

A landmark collection of Martin Luther King Jr.s best known homilies and sermonswith selections from Strength to Love.As Dr. King prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love, a volume of his most best-known homilies. King had begun working on the sermons during a fortnight in jail in July 1962. While behind bars, he spent uninterrupted time preparing the drafts for works such as Loving Your Enemies and Shattered Dreams, and he continued to edit the volume after his release. Full Sermon List: A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart Transformed Nonconformist On Being a Good Neighbor Love in action Loving Your Enemies A Knock at Midnight The Man Who Was a Fool The Death of Evil Upon the Seashore Shattered Dreams Our God is Able Antidotes for Fear The Answer to a Perplexing Question Pauls Letter to American Christians Pilgrimage to nonviolence The Drum Major Instinct The Three Dimensions of a Complete LifeA Gift of Love includes most of the classic sermons from Strength to Love, along with 2 new sermons. Collectively they present Kings fusion of Christian teachings and social consciousness, and promote his prescient vision of love as a social and political force for change.

From growing up amidst poverty and racism to preaching from the Ebenezer pulpit for forty years, King, Sr., reveals his life inside the civil rights movementillustrating the profound influence he had on his sonBorn in 1899 to a family of sharecroppers in Stockbridge, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Sr., came of age under the looming threat of violence at the hands of white landowners. Growing up, he witnessed his family being crushed by the weight of poverty and racism, and escaped to Atlanta to answer the calling to become a preacher. Before engaging in acts of political dissent or preaching at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he would remain for more than four decades, King, Sr., earned high school and college diplomas while working double shifts as a truck driverand he won the heart of his future wife, Alberta Bunch Williams.In Daddy King, King, Sr., recalls the struggles and joys of his journey: the pain of leaving his parents and seven siblings on the family farm; the triumph of winning voting rights for blacks in Atlanta; and the feelings of fatherly pride and anxiety as he watched his son put his life in danger. Originally published in 1980, it is an unexpected and poignant memoir from an early and legendary figure in the civil rights movement.

"Thou, Dear God" is the first and only collection of sixty-eight prayers by Martin Luther King, Jr. Arranged thematically in six parts--with prayers for spiritual guidance, special occasions, times of adversity, times of trial, uncertain times, and social justice--Baptist minister and King scholar Lewis Baldwin introduces the book and each section with short essays. Included are both personal and public prayers King recited as a seminarian, graduate student, preacher, pastor, and, finally, civil rights leader, along with a special section that reveals the biblical sources that most inspired King. Collectively they illustrate how King turned to private prayer for his own spiritual fulfillment and to public prayer as a way to move, inspire, and reaffirm a quest for peace and social justice. With a foreword by Rev. Dr. Julius R. Scruggs, it is the perfect gift for people and leaders of all faiths, and an invaluable resource for spiritual individuals and those who lead worship.

An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. Kings speeches on labor rights and economic justice Covering all the civil rights movement highlights--Montgomery, Albany, Birmingham, Selma, Chicago, and Memphis--award-winning historian Michael K. Honey introduces and traces Dr. Kings dream of economic equality. Gathered in one volume for the first time, the majority of these speeches will be new to most readers. The collection begins with Kings lectures to unions in the 1960s and includes his addresses made during his Poor Peoples Campaign, culminating with his momentous "Mountaintop" speech, delivered in support of striking black sanitation workers in Memphis. Unprecedented and timely, "All Labor Has Dignity" will more fully restore our understanding of Kings lasting vision of economic justice, bringing his demand for equality right into the present.