Martin Luther King Biographies

Last updated: January 3, 2012

1. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr. and Clayborne Carson Published: January 1, 2001 Score: 1.48
2. Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier Published: December 18, 2007 Score: 1.35
3. At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 by Taylor Branch Published: January 9, 2007 Score: 0.85
4. Why We Can't Wait (Signet Classics) by Jr., Dr. Martin Luther King and Jesse Jackson Published: January 1, 2000 Score: 0.66
5. A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard, Hachette Assorted Authors and Andrew Young Published: January 1, 2001 Score: 0.45
6. A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr., Peter Holloran and Clayborne Carson Published: May 1, 1998 Score: 0.31
7. Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Perennial Classics) by David J. Garrow Published: January 6, 2004 Score: 0.25
8. BAD BLOOD: Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and the Tumultuous 1960s by Jeffrey Smith Published: November 24, 2010 Score: 0.2
9. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life (Penguin Lives Biographies) by Marshall Frady Published: December 27, 2005 Score: 0.19
10. Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare? by James H. Cone Published: January 1, 1991 Score: 0.15
11. The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. by Johnny Ray Moore and Amy Wummer Published: January 1, 2002 Score: 0.13
12. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times by Donald T. Phillips Published: January 15, 2000 Score: 0.12
13. A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Picture Book Biography) by David A. Adler and Robert Casilla Published: August 1, 1990 Score: 0.12
14. Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr. (Scholastic Bookshelf) by Jean Marzollo and J. Pinkney Published: January 1, 2006 Score: 0.12
15. April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How it Changed America by Michael Eric Dyson Published: January 5, 2009 Score: 0.1
16. As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom by Richard Michelson and Raul Colon Published: May 13, 2008 Score: 0.1
17. Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World by Ken Beller and Heather Chase Published: February 7, 2011 Score: 0.1
18. I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr by Michael Eric Dyson Published: February 6, 2001 Score: 0.1
19. The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Second Edition (Newmarket "Words Of" Series) by Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King Published: October 28, 2008 Score: 0.09
20. Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Stephen B. Oates Published: January 12, 1994 Score: 0.09
21. An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King by William Pepper Published: January 17, 2003 Score: 0.08
22. My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Christine King Farris and Chris Soentpiet Published: December 27, 2005 Score: 0.08
23. I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World, Special 75th Anniversary Edition (Martin Luther King, Jr., born January 15, 1929) by Martin Luther King Published: January 30, 1992 Score: 0.08
24. . . . If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King by Ellen Levine and Beth Peck Published: January 1, 1994 Score: 0.08
25. Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Gender and American Culture) by Barbara Ransby Published: January 19, 2005 Score: 0.08

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