{"product_id":"the-martin-luther-king-jr-encyclopedia-hardcover","title":"The Martin Luther King, Jr., Encyclopedia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClayborne Carson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTenisha H. Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan A. Carson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Clayborne Carson, with the assistance of his staff at Stanford's Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, had access to a variety of documents relating to all aspects of Dr. King's life and career. The encyclopedia provides readers with over 280 entries that offer fresh and engaging insights into Dr. King and the civil rights movement. From their unique familiarity with these materials, they have compiled an encyclopedia offering a fresh and exciting look at the work of Dr. King and the course of the civil rights movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClayborne Carson\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at Stanford University, where he is also founding director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute. His publications include \u003ci\u003eIn Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), which won the OAH's Frederick Jackson Terner Award, and \u003ci\u003eMalcolm X: The FBI File\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). He also served as senior advisor for the award-winning PBS series on the civil rights movement, \u003ci\u003eEyes on the Prize\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-edited the \u003ci\u003eEyes on the Prize Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). In 1985, Coretta Scott King invited him to direct a long-term project to edit and publish \u003ci\u003eThe Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e In addition to these volumes, Dr. Carson has written or co-edited numerous other works based on the papers, including \u003ci\u003eA Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), compiled from King's autobiographical writings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTenisha Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e is associate director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project. She holds an MA from Stanford University. A former King Summer Research Fellow, she joined the King Institute staff in 1998, and was the lead editor of Volume V: \u003ci\u003eThreshold of a New Decade, January 1959-December 1960\u003c\/i\u003e of the \u003ci\u003ePapers of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Carson\u003c\/b\u003e is former managing editor of the King Institute. She holds an MA in Library Science from San Jose State University. She co-edited Volumes III-VI of the \u003ci\u003ePapers of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e Carson retired in 2007. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin Cook\u003c\/b\u003e is former associate director of the King Institute's Liberation Curriculum Initiative. She served as a teaching assistant for Professor Clayborne Carson's undergraduate course on the African-American freedom struggle and is currently teaching history at an independent high school in California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Englander\u003c\/b\u003e earned a PhD in U.S. history from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999 and has been an editor at the Martin Luther Ing, Jr., Papers Project since 2001. She is the lead editor on Volume VI: \u003ci\u003eAdvocate of the Social Gospel, September 1948-March 1963\u003c\/i\u003e of the \u003ci\u003ePapers of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 456\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.32 x 10.27 x 7.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782388941088,"sku":"9780313294402","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/85a8e95ce330547de7acbd4a80daaef8.webp?v=1780569475","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-martin-luther-king-jr-encyclopedia-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}