A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches by King, Martin Luther

"We've got some difficult days ahead," civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., told a crowd gathered at Memphis's Clayborn Temple on April 3, 1968. "But it really doesn't matter to me now because I've been to the mountaintop. . . . And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land."

These prophetic words, uttered the day before his assassination, challenged those he left behind to see that his "promised land" of racial equality became a reality; a reality to which King devoted the last twelve years of his life.

These words and others are commemorated here in the only major one-volume collection of this seminal twentieth-century American prophet's writings, speeches, interviews, and autobiographical reflections. A Testament of Hope contains Martin Luther King, Jr.'s essential thoughts on nonviolence, social policy, integration, black nationalism, the ethics of love and hope, and more.

Author: Martin Luther King
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 04/29/2003
Pages: 736
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 2.00d
ISBN: 9780060646912

Review Citation(s):
Ebony 01/01/2004 pg. 22
Christianity Today 06/01/2012 pg. 68
Christianity Today 04/01/2015 pg. 78