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Martin Luther King, Jr. Booklist

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a graphic of Martin Luther King Jr looking over his shoulder with text "Martin Luther King Jr" in the background
January 15, 2024

Monday, January 15 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Honor his life and legacy today and every day with books for the whole family.

Click on a title to find it in our catalog; and find many more titles at cobbcat.org.

For Children

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein

As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Herschels’ Amazing March Toward Freedom by Richard Michelson

Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream and You by Carole Boston Weatherford

I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. and  illustrated by Kadir Nelson

I’ve Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Walter Dean Myers

Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson

Love Will See You Through: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Six Guiding Beliefs (As Told By His Niece) by Angela Farris Watkins, PhD.

March On!: The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World by Christine King Farris

Martin Luther, King, Jr. by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Martin Rising: Requiem for a King by Andrea Davis Pinkey and Brian Pinkey

Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Duncan

My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King III

For Teens and Adults

Alabama v. King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Criminal Trial That Launched the Civil Rights Movement by Dan Abrams

Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech That Transformed a Nation by Clarence B. Jones

Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin by James L. Swanson

Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter From Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation by Jonathan Rieder

The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Jason Sokol

I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Arthur Flowers

Killing King: Racial Terrorists, James Earl Ray, and the Plot to Assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. by Stuart Wexler

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights, and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Final Hours by Amy Bausum

Martin’s Dream: My Journey and the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Clayborne Carson

Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life and Win the 1960 Election by Stephen Kendrick

The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy by David Margolick

Redemption: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Last 31 Hours by Joseph Rosenbloom

To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Fight for Economic Justice by Michael K. Honey

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs