Cultural Literature

Biography of Mary Seacole, a pioneering nineteenth-century British-Jamaican nurse. Mary Seacole's remarkable life began in Jamaica, where she was born a free person, the daughter of a black mother and white Scottish army officer. Ron Ramdin--who, like...

Born in 1873 as the first free child in a family of former slaves, Mary McLeod Bethune would become an adviser to American presidents, an important civil rights leader, and founder of what is now Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida...

"Marxism and Witchcraft is a vitally important book, a tremendous resource for anyone interested in the question 'How did we get into this mess?' At this time of environmental meltdown, Kubrin's careful analysis of how and why the mechanistic model was...

In this collection of essays, noted scholar and activist Vincent Harding reflects on the forgotten legacy of Martin Luther King, and the meaning of his life today.

For the first time ever, twenty-four original recordings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from his iconic I Have A Dream speech to his stirring sermon A Knock At Midnight, are collected together in this treasured box set. His landmark speeches that echoed...

Examines his contribution as a philosopher and theologian to issues of racial and social justice and his drive to eradicate oppression through the doctrine of nonviolence.

a quick introduction to the life of a great American -- The New York TimesAn inspiring portrait of the incredible life and lasting influence of Dr. Martin Luther King Marshall Frady, the reporter who became the unofficial chronicler of the civil rights...

Read the detailed and absorbing chronicle of Martin Luther King's leadership during the most tumultuous period in America's recent past--featuring a foreword by Dr. Bernice King. Hailed as America's greatest civil rights advocate, Martin Luther King, Jr...

Read the detailed and absorbing chronicle of Martin Luther King's leadership during the most tumultuous period in America's recent past--featuring a foreword by Dr. Bernice King. Martin Luther King Jr. is known for famous speeches such as I Have a Dream,...

Not even half a century ago America was segregated, when everything depended on the color of one's skin. Access to schools, restaurants, parks, buses or even water fountains was segregated. And born into this segregated world was Martin Luther King Jr...

Martin Luther King and The Trumpet of Conscience Today wrestles with the parts of King's vision that have historically been the most uncomfortable for white Americans. The lectures that comprise "The Trumpet of Conscience" are a powerful critique of the...

Martin Luther King left an indelible mark on 20th-century American history through his leadership of the non-violent civil rights campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s. The election of Barack Obama as America's first black president in November 2008 has...