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Martin Luther King, Jr. Bibliography
Books by and about Dr. King from the King Center

Antonio de Montesinos (1511) Sermon to the Conquistadors The first European to publicly denounce the enslavement and harsh treatment of the indigenous peoples in the Americas.
Bartolome de las Casas (1516) Speeches to and Writings about the Conquistadors An argument for more humane treatment of Native Americans in the Spanish New World colonies
John Winthrop (1630) “City on a Hill” "A City upon a Hill" is a phrase derived from scripture and used by the Puritan, John Winthrop, in his lecture "A Model of Christian Charity" given in 1630. In a modern context, if refers to American acting as a "beacon of hope" for the world.
Benjamin Lay (1737) “All Slave-keepers that Keep the Innocent in Bondage” The original book, published in 1737, has been digitized and made available by the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/66038906/.
Frederick Douglass Speech (1852) “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1956) “The Death of Evil” Sermon by King Delivered at the Service of Prayer and Thanksgiving, Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 1956.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963) “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah (2020) Interview on Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery