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Reviews the efforts of the Martin Luther King Jr., Papers Project to prepare a definitive, multivolume edition of King's papers as part of a long-term effort to preserve the historical legacy of the African-American freedom struggle. The initial two volumes of `The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.'; Historical and intellectual context in which King's Crozer and Boston University academic papers were created; Selective use of appropriated passages; Citation and attribution practices; Details.

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume 1: Called to Serve, January 1929-June 1951,' edited by Clayborne Carson et al.

This article presents information on the U.S. civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Paper Project's Liberation Curriculum. The Liberation Curriculum has emphasized to change the way young people think about King, the modem African American freedom struggle, and the ongoing struggle for social justice. The Liberation Curriculum also explores King's ideological and political development, which in the popular mind has been frozen on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. The Curriculum emphasizes King's broader concern for human rights, such as his opposition to the Vietnam War and his efforts to bring about economic justice. It also seeks to clarify King's place in history, presenting students with the inspiring message that ordinary people can make extraordinary contributions to the cause of social justice.

Questions the historical and biographical significance of the papers Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote as a divinity student at Crozer Theological Seminary and as a doctoral student at Boston University. Instances of plagiarism; Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Projects; Evidence of King's effort to construct an identity as a theologian and preacher; Desire to stress social and political implications of theological training.

Presents further information related to the student papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Application to graduate school; Excerpt from King's dissertation on the conceptions of God held by Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman; Papers that he wrote at Boston University.

Streets named for Martin Luther King, Jr are common yet controversial features in cities across the United States. This paper analyses the politics of naming these streets as a ‘scaling of memory’– a socially contested process of determining the geographic extent to which the civil rights leader should be memorialized. Debates over the scaling of King's memory revolve around the size of the named street, the street's level of prominence within a hierarchy of roads, and the degree to which the street transcends the spatial confines of the black community. A street-naming struggle in Eatonton, Georgia (USA) exposes how the scaling of memory can become a point of division and contest within the black community as activists seek to fulfil different political goals. Analysing these intra-racial contests allows for a fuller appreciation of the historical consciousness and geographic agency of African Americans rather than seeing them as a single, monolithic group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the role young people played in the African American freedom struggle, specifically the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama. From Barbara Johns leading a strike of her fellow students at Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia, in 1951 to protest the inequities between black and white education, to the children of Birmingham who were arrested en masse as they dissented against the city's segregation policies, the contributions of young people were critical to the movement's success. While civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., was indeed a source of great inspiration for many people in the struggle, the movement was made up mostly of ordinary citizens who exhibited extraordinary courage and strength in their efforts to bring about social justice.

This article focuses on the speech entitled "Beyond Vietnam," delivered by civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. in Riverside Church in New York City, on April 4, 1967, against the Vietnam War. Although some activists and newspapers supported King's statement, most responded with criticism. King's civil rights colleagues began to disassociate themselves from his radical stance, as the NAACP issued a statement against merging the civil rights movement and peace movement. King remained undeterred, stating that he was not fusing the civil rights and peace movements, as many had suggested. This article asks students to connect this speech to the present by having them consider which of King's ideas about America's role in the world are relevant today.

This article focuses on the views of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, the black nationalist, on the African American freedom struggle in the U.S. Years after the deaths of Martin Luther and Malcolm X, the two men still remain fixed images in the American consciousness, King an advocate of nonviolence, delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and Malcolm X, encouraging African Americans to fight racial oppression by any means necessary. The primary goal of this article is to challenge students' preconceived notions about King and Malcolm X and the roles they played in the African American struggle for freedom.