He was a husband, a father, a preacher - and the preeminent leader of a movement that continues to transform America and the world. Now, in a special program commissioned and authorized by his family, here is the life and times of Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring King's I Have a Dream Speech.
John-Mark Stensvaag says:
"A Fascinating Slice of History"
Martin Luther King: The Essential Box Set: The Landmark Speeches and Sermons of Martin Luther King, Jr.
UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 23 mins)
By Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard, Peter Holloran, and others
Narrated By Keith David, Jay Gregory, Martin Luther King
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This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King, Jr., from his inspirational "I Have a Dream" to his firey "Give Us the Ballot." Comprised of recordings previously included in A Call to Conscience and A Knock at Midnight, The Essential Box Set is a must-have for any home, library, or school collection.
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 8 mins)
By Hampton Sides
Narrated By Hampton Sides
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On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself Eric Galt, this nondescript thief and con man - whose real name was James Earl Ray -drifted through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he was galvanized by George Wallace's racist presidential campaign. With relentless storytelling drive, Sides follows Galt and King as they crisscross the country, one stalking the other, until the crushing moment at the Lorraine Motel.
Martin Luther King National Memorial Foundation Groundbreaking Ceremony
ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 36 mins)
By Maya Angelou, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and others
Narrated By Maya Angelou, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and others
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At the groundbreaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial along the Tidal Basin near the Lincoln Memorial, participants spoke about the legacy of Reverend King and the civil rights movement.
Luther's Theology of the Cross: Martin Luther's Theological Breakthrough
UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 36 mins)
By Alister E McGrath
Narrated By Dave Giorgio
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This book presents the most detailed examination in English to date of Luther's theological breakthrough, together with a wealth of information concerning the theological development of the young Luther in its late medieval context.
Speeches by Martin Luther King Jr.: The Ultimate Collection
ORIGINAL (17 hrs and 4 mins)
By Martin Luther King
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Listen "live" to one of the most iconic orators of all times in this packed-full collection of Martin Luther King Jr. speeches. King's rich and passionate style of delivery will transport you back to the era of the civil-rights movement, when King advocated non-violent resistance in the pursuit of equality and dignity not only for blacks but for all mankind. Seldom has any leader since inspired and captivated an audience worldwide and motivated a nation to action.
Martin Luther entered a monastery as a youth and as a man shattered the structure of the medieval church, speaking out against the corrupt religious practices of the time. His demand that the authority for doctrine and practice be scriptures, rather than popes or councils, echoed around the world and ignited the great Reformation. Accused of heresy and threatened with excommunication and death, Luther maintained his bold stand and refused to recant. In his crusade to eliminate religious abuses, he did more than any other man to establish the Protestant faith.
Rindt says:
"The classic Luther Biography well read."
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
UNABRIDGED (34 hrs and 17 mins)
By David J. Garrow
Narrated By Jeff Riggenbach
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Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. David J. Garrow had unrestricted access to Martin Luther King's personal papers, to thousands of pages of newly released FBI documents and more than 700 interviews with King's closest friends and enemies.
Martin Luther's Here I Stand: The Speech that Launched the Protestant Reformation
UNABRIDGED (23 mins)
By Martin Luther
Narrated By Max McLean
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In the late afternoon of April 18, 1521, in the city of Worms, Germany, Martin Luther, a 37 year-old Catholic monk was called to defend himself before Charles the Fifth, the Holy Roman Emperor. The speech he delivered that day, "Here I Stand", marked the beginning of the Reformation, a critical turning point in Christian history, that decisively altered the spiritual map of the world.
A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 30 mins)
By Edited by Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard
Narrated By Andrew Young, Rosa Parks
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These 12 moving speeches voiced by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are original recordings collected here for the first time ever. Plus, listen to MLK deliver some of his most famous sermons in A Knock at Midnight.
Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights, and Civil Rights set the Stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Final Hours
UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 11 mins)
By Ann Bausum
Narrated By Corey Allen
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In early 1968 the grisly on-the-job deaths of two African-American sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, prompted an extended strike by that city's segregated force of trash collectors. Workers sought union protection, higher wages, improved safety, and the integration of their work force. Their work stoppage became a part of the larger civil rights movement and drew an impressive array of national movement leaders to Memphis, including, on more than one occasion, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King added his voice to the struggle in what became the final speech of his life.
How Great Is Our God: Classic Writings from History's Greatest Christian Thinkers in Contemporary Language
UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 28 mins)
By Ignatius, C. S. Lewis, John Calvin, and others
Narrated By Bill DeWees
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Daily readings drawn from every century and every tradition of the Christian faith. Christianity through the ages... Ignatius, C.S. Lewis, John Calvin, Augustine, Catherine of Siena, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Polycarp, John Wesley, Karl Barth, and Billy Sunday. These names, and so many others, fill the pages of church history. Yet they remain strangers to most of us. How Great Is Our God will introduce you to Christianity’s most influential thinkers from every century and every tradition—modernized for today’s reader.
A Knock at Midnight: Original Recordings of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
NONE (8 hrs)
By Martin Luther King
Narrated By Martin Luther King
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader and visionary of the civil rights movement, was first and foremost a preacher. This unique collection features a selection of Dr. King's best sermons - some not heard since he first delivered them!
Kingonomics: Twelve Innovative Currencies for Transforming Your Business and Life Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 42 mins)
By Rodney Sampson
Narrated By Chris Fogg
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Kingonomics is a 21st-century interpretation of Dr. King's economic vision translated through the eyes of Dr. Rodney Sampson, a globally established economic innovator, business developer, and highly successful serial entrepreneur. With 12 currencies (including service, innovation, and reciprocity), Sampson takes pertinent ideas from the life and works of Dr. King and, by combining them with real-life experiences, produces a guide through which one can realize their full potential and personal power.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights. Maintaining nonviolent and peaceful tactics even when his life was threatened, King was also an advocate for the poor and spoke out against racial and economic injustice until his death - from an assassin's bullet - in 1968.
In this book, dedicated by its author to the "Youth of the Land", is the inspiring story of Martin Luther, who was born to poverty in 1483, who was beaten in school on a regular basis, but who rose above his circumstances to change the course of history.
Biografía: Martin Luther King [Biography: Martin Luther King ]: Martin Luther King: Mártir de la lucha por los derechos civiles
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By Jon Aizpúrua
Narrated By Jon Aizpúrua
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Convertido en superpotencia militar y económica luego de la victoria obtenida en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Estados Unidos pasó a disfrutar de un período creciente de prosperidad que daba crédito al denominado “sueño americano”. Sin embargo, el influjo de aquella era dorada no alcanzaba a la mayor parte de la comunidad negra, la cual seguía ocupando el estrato más bajo de la opulenta sociedad norteamericana, excluida de los beneficios de que gozaban sus compatriotas blancos.
Martin Luther King, Jr. on Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times
UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 30 mins)
By Donald T. Phillips
Narrated By Nelson Runger
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The best-selling author of The Founding Fathers on Leadership takes an inspiring look at what it takes to lead in challenging times. Using lessons culled from Dr. King's written words and speeches, Phillips gives practical advice for leading in life, family matters, and business.