Conscience for Change

Version: Abridged
Author: Martin Luther Jr. King
Narrator: Martin Luther King Jr.
Genres: Social Science, Political Science
Publisher: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio)
Published In: September 2007
# of Units: 4 CDs
Length: 3 hours, 30 minutes
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Overview

At the time of this broadcast, Dr. Martin Luther King was co-pastor, with his father, of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and president and one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and received more than 250 citations for his work in civil rights. He was selected by Time as "Man of the Year" in 1963. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929, he obtained degrees at Morehouse College and Crozer Theological Seminary after which he undertook further studies at the Universities of Pennsylvania and Harvard and obtained a Ph.D. degree in Systematic Theology from Boston University. He lectured extensively, and was the author of many books. King was turning his attention to a nation wide campaign to help the poor at the time of his assassination on April 4, 1968. He was only 39 at the time of his death.

The five radio broadcasts recorded here were heard in November and December of 1967 as the seventh annual series of Massey Lectures.

Author Details

Author Details

King, Martin Luther Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968) was a famous leader of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, and a Baptist minister. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a peacemaker, promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races. On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1977, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. In 1986, Martin Luther King Day was established as a United States holiday. Dr. King often called for personal res