Martin Luther King Jr. has 6 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 7 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 18 ratings. The most-rated is Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
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Audie Award Finalist, Original Work, 2013 April 16th, the year is 1963. Birmingham, Alabama, has had a spring of nonviolent protests known as the Birmingham Campaign, seeking to draw attention to the segregation against blacks by the city government and downtown retailers. The organizers longed to create a nonviolent tension so severe that the powers that be would be forced to address the rampant racism head on. Recently arrested was Martin Luther King, Jr.... It is there in that jail cell that he writes this letter; on the margins of a newspaper he pens this defense of nonviolence against segregation. His accusers, though many, in this case were not the white racist leaders or retailers he protested against, but eight black men who saw him as "other" and as too extreme. To them and to the world he defended the notion that "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".
Public Domain (P)2013 eChristian
Where Do We Go From Here
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Where Do We Go From Here is a selection from A Call to Conscience, a milestone collection of Dr. King's most influential and best-known speeches. Presented here with an introduction written and read by Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Compiled by Stanford historian Dr. Clayborne Carson, director of the King Papers Project, and by contributing editor Kris Shepard, A Call to Conscience takes you behind the scenes on an astonishing historical journey, from the small, crowded church in Montgomery, Alabama, where "The Birth of a New Nation" ignited the modern civil rights movement; to the center of the nation's capital, where "I Have a Dream" echoed through a nation's conscience; to the Mason Temple in Memphis, where over 10,000 people heard Dr. King give his last, transcendent speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop", the night before his assassination. In 12 important introductions, some of the world's most renowned leaders and theologians, Andrew Young, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and Mrs. Rosa Parks, among others, share with you their reflections on these speeches and give priceless firsthand testimony on the events that inspired their delivery. Expressing a deeply felt faith in democracy, the power of loving change, and a self-deprecating humor, A Call to Conscience is Dr. King speaking today. It is a unique, unforgettable record of the words that rallied millions, forever changed the face of America, and even today shape our deepest personal hopes and dreams for the future.
©2001 The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., All Rights Reserved (P)2006 Intellectual Properties Management, Inc.
Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolent resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of 50,000 Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth." Stride Toward Freedom traces the phenomenal journey of a community and shows how the 26-year-old King, with his conviction for equality and nonviolence, helped transform the nation and the world.
©1958 Martin Luther King, Jr. Copyright renewed 1986 by Coretta Scott King, Dexter King, Martin Luther King III, Yolanda King, Bernice King. Introduction Copyright 2010 Clayborne Carson (P)2015 Tantor
Speeches by Martin Luther King Jr.: The Ultimate Collection
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Listen "live" to one of the most iconic orators of all time in this packed-full collection of Martin Luther King Jr. speeches. King's rich and passionate style of delivery will transport you back to the era of the civil-rights movement, when King advocated non-violent resistance in the pursuit of equality and dignity, not only for blacks but for all mankind. Seldom has any leader since inspired and captivated an audience worldwide and motivated a nation to action. Although tragically assassinated at a young age, the words and wisdom of Martin Luther King Jr. live on through his acclaimed and mesmerizing speeches, such as "I Have a Dream". "The Mountaintop", "Letter from Birmingham Jail", "March on Washington", and many, many more, including: Address Concluding the Selma to Montgomery - 03-25-1965 All Here and Now - 06-17-1966 American Dream - Lincoln University - 06-06-1961 t Southern Seminary in 1961 - Beyond Vietnam -A Time to Break Silence - 04-04-1967 Central Park - 04-05-1968 Compilation: Creative Protest Eulogy - Robert F. Kennedy - 04-04-1968 Guidelines for a Constructive Church - 06-05-1966 I Have a Dream - March for Jobs - Washington - 08-28-1963 I've Been to the Mountaintop - 04-03-1968 Knock at Midnight - 08-27-1967 Life and Spirit: Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated; Nobel Peace Prize - 12-10-1964 On Malcolm X; Peace On Earth - 12-24-1967 Prophetic Last Speech - 1968; Reaction to JFK Assassination; Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution; The American Dream - 07-04-1965 The Bennet College Speech 1958; The Better the Dilemma and the Challenge - Los Angeles - California - 06-17-1962 The Drum Major Instinct - 02-04-1968 The Great March to Freedom - Detroit - 06-23-1963 The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life - 02-28-1960 Unfulfilled Dreams - 03-03-1968 Unjust Evil and Futile; War Where Do We Go From Here - 08-16-1967 Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam - Speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta ...and many more
Public Domain (P)2011 ABN
I Have A Dream Speech
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If you wish to hear Martin Luther King Jr. himself deliver his immortalized "I Have a Dream" speech in it's entirety then please go ahead and download this audiobook to listen to anytime you feel the need to be inspired. Perhaps you were there during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963? Or maybe you want to educate someone else about what happened that day and what the speech meant to black people at that time in history? Whatever your reason is, this skill is something you will want to hear again and again.
©2019 Martin Luther King Jr. (P)2019 HN Publishing
Martin Luther King, Jr., on Leadership
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For the first time ever, 24 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 around the world and the more intimate sermons from the churches where he carried out his ministry are just as moving and meaningful today as they were when the great orator first expressed them. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speeches stirred a nation to change - and his calls to peaceful action and refusal to turn to despair or violence in the face of injustice continue to inspire the world today. Each of the twelve sermons and speeches collected here is accompanied by an introduction by other renowned theologians and champions of civil rights, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Rosa Parks, Reverend Billy Graham, Bishop TD Jakes, Aretha Franklin, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and Representative John Lewis, who share their priceless firsthand testimony on the events that inspired the delivery of King's message. This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King, Jr., from his inspirational "I Have a Dream" to his firey "Give Us the Ballot." Comprised of recordings previously included in A Call to Conscience and A Knock at Midnight, The Essential Box Set is a must-have for any home, library, or school collection.
©2009 Hachette (P)2009 Hachette