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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 7 books in this booklist
£1.00 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780241339466 | ISBN 10: 0241339464
'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects on the healing power of love.  ... more
View book details£4.00 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781910885758 | ISBN 10: 1910885754
As the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr approaches, politicians queue to pay their respects. They smother his memory with praise but none will acknowledge the truth — that King was a radical who wanted a complete trans ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786635976 | ISBN 10: 1786635976
Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, we are still grappling with the familiar, difficult truths about race in America. The injustices he resisted are still a part of our everyday life, and racism is as much a driving force in our ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781473671003 | ISBN 10: 1473671000
The life story of Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King Jr. and singular twentieth-century American civil and human rights activist. "Coretta is more relevant today than ever... a female who takes responsibility for creating something bet ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781612196169 | ISBN 10: 1612196160
As the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum, and books like Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me and Claudia Rankine’s Citizen swing national attention toward the racism and violence that continue to poison our communities, it’s as ... more
View book details£13.95 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780300024982 | ISBN 10: 0300024983
"The work of David J. Garrow is more than a day-by-day account of how the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 came into being. It is also a skillful analysis of the dynamics of protest activity and more particularly of the ways in which successful pr ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781783560271 | ISBN 10: 1783560274
The night before the March on Washington in 1963 Martin Luther King asked his aides for advice about the next day's speech. "Don't use the lines about "I have a dream," Wyatt Walker told him "It's trite, it's cliché. You've used it too many times alr ... more
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