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LearnOutLoud.com is very pleased to present this resource of audio and video titles about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Because Dr. King was such a great orator, his ideas are best experienced through the many speeches and sermons he gave throughout his lifetime. His speeches serve as milestones in the civil rights movement, and their passionate cry for social and racial justice is just as relevant today as it was in King's lifetime.
The best collections of Dr. King's speeches and sermons come from Time Warner Audiobooks with their three titles: "A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.", "A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.", and "The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.".
To experience Dr. King as a preacher listen to "A Knock at Midnight" which features 8 hours of original recordings of his sermons. For those interested in the history of the civil rights movement, "A Call to Conscience" features original recordings of historical speeches he gave in chronological order from his "The Birth of a New Nation" that ignited the civil rights movement to his "I Have a Dream" speech and finally to his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech delivered the night before his assassination. "The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr." is an audio book assembled from his own writings about his life and it is also interspersed with many original recordings of him speaking.
We feature a few free downloadable speeches delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. American Rhetoric offers three free speeches of Dr. King's: his "I Have a Dream" speech, his "Beyond Vietnam" speech, and excerpts of his final "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. American Rhetoric also offers Robert F. Kennedy's "Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr." delivered on the day of King's assassination. We also feature a show from the radio program Democracy Now entitled
"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968" which features excerpts from three of his speeches.
There are numerous audio book biographies of Dr. King. The most comprehensive biography which also covers the history of the civil rights movement is Taylor Branch's 3-volume history "America in the King Years". The three titles are put out by Simon & Schuster starting with "Parting the Waters" covering 1954-63, then "Pillar of Fire" covering 1963-65, and finally "At Canaan's Edge" which covers the years 1965-68.
For those looking to derive wisdom from King's leadership we feature an abridged and unabridged version of the audio book "Martin Luther King, Jr. on Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times".
There have also many documentaries made on Martin Luther King, Jr. and we'd like to mention a few. PBS has produced two documentaries on King: "Citizen King" which explore the last five years of King's life and "In Remembrance of Martin" in which King's family members and friends share personal reflections on Dr. King. For those primarily interested with King's "I Have a Dream" speech there's the documentary "Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream" which covers the 1963 March on Washington and the speech that King gave there.
Along with these titles there are numerous other ones about Dr. King listed below. We hope all these speeches, audio books, and videos will call you to action in the struggle for social justice, racial equality, and nonviolence throughout our world.
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At Canaan's Edge
by Taylor Branch
At Canaan's Edge concludes America in the King Years, a three-volume history that will endure as a masterpiece of storytelling on American race, violence, and democracy. | 
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
He was a husband, a father, a preacher - and the preeminent leader of a movement that continues to transform? |
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Beyond Vietnam
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
"If we do not stop our war against the people of Vietnam immediately, the world will be left with no other alternative..." | 
A Call to Conscience
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
His speeches stirred a generation to change - and outlined a practical way to economic freedom and true democracy. His words would help bring about the end of a brutally unequal system... |
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Citizen King
Citizen King explores the last five years in the life of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. | 
Conscience for Change
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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. This lecture has not been heard since 1967. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
"In the early 1960s, King focused his challenge on legalized racial discrimination in the South where police dogs and bullwhips and cattle prods were used against Southern blacks seeking the right to vote or to eat at a public lunch counter." | 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Visits Grace Cathedral
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
In 1965, as a part of the Festival of Grace, celebrating the 1964 completion and consecration of Grace Cathedral, Bishop James Pike invited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to visit and preach at Grace Cathedral. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
An hour-long documentary that concentrates on the Civil Rights leader's many groundbreaking accomplishments. | 
I Have a Dream
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." |
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I've Been to the Mountaintop
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
"And so I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man! Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!!" | 
In Remembrance of Martin
Family members, friends, former classmates and advisors of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. relate their memories of the civil rights activist in this moving documentary. |
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In Search Of Freedom
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
A collection of nine speeches from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, In Search of Freedom contains some of the most profound and powerful messages ever voiced... | 
King
Nominated for nine Emmy Awards, this "astute and compelling" biography based on the remarkable life of Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., takes an intimate look... |
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A Knock at Midnight
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader and visionary of the civil rights movement, was first and foremost a preacher... | 
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Addresses
Duke University celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday with programming that reflects on Dr. King’s legacy and how it continues today. |
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Martin Luther King Jr.: We Shall Overcome
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Encompasses the most moving moments in American social history with the extraordinary civil rights leader. | 
Martin Luther King National Memorial Foundation Groundbreaking Ceremony
by Maya Angelou
At the groundbreaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial along the Tidal Basin near the Lincoln Memorial, participants spoke about the legacy of Reverend King and the civil rights movement. |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Marshall Frady
An analytical, sometimes revisionist, succinct biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.... | 
Martin Luther King, Jr. On Leadership
by Donald T. Phillips
What does it mean to be a leader? How does an individual create an unstoppable organization? |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Man and the Dream
Rarely has one man done so much to change the politics and conscience of the nation. | 
Martin Luther King: A Concise Biography
by Harry Harmer
In 1963, Martin Luther King led 250,000 followers to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington and began to tell the assembled mass of all races and creeds of his vision of the future.... |
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Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King spoke these words as he addressed a crowd of more than 200,000 civil rights protesters gathered at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. | 
MLK: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Tapes
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
This historical compilation of Martin Luther King, Jr. features live recordings of "The Great March To Freedom," "The Great March To Washington" and the immortal "Free At Last" speech. |
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The New Negro
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Television show "The Open Mind" in 1957 with guests Martin Luther King and J. Waties Waring on the theme of race. | 
Parting the Waters
by Taylor Branch
This audio adaptation focuses primarily on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the key moments that defined his rise to the forefront of the civil rights movement... |
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Pillar of Fire
by Taylor Branch
In Pillar of Fire, the second volume of his America in the King Years trilogy, Taylor Branch portrays the civil rights era at its zenith. The first volume... | 
Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Robert F. Kennedy
"Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings." |
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Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Am a Drum Major for Justice"
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
A sermon by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in which he raises several themes including how he wishes to be remembered | 
Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
This sermon is the only recording of King's remarks on Vietnam. King gave a well-known version of this sermon at Riverside Church in New York. |
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