Courage to Love: Program for 1964 American Baptist Convention.
LUTHER KING JR., Martin; Coretta Scott King; Ralph B. Abernanthy .
Courage to Love: Program for 1964 American Baptist Convention.
Signed by Civil Rights Leaders Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King, Ralph B. Abernanthy and Robert J. McCracken
Atlantic City:, 1964.
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Item Number: 23040
First edition. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Ralph B. Abernathy and Robert J. McCracken. In near fine condition. A unique piece signed by these Civil Rights titans.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia, and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. On October 14, 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. In 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to Montgomery marches, and the following year he and SCLC took the movement north to Chicago to work on segregated housing. King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a holiday in numerous cities and states beginning in 1971, and as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986.
