A professor of history and the noted author and editor of several books on the civil rights struggle, Dr. Clayborne Carson was selected by the estate of Dr. , to edit and publish Dr.

King's papers. Drawing upon an unprecedented archive of King's own words--including unpublished letters and diaries, as well as video footage and recordings--Dr. Carson creates an unforgettable self-portrait of Dr.

King. In his own vivid, compassionate voice, here is Dr. , as student, minister, husband, father, and world leader .

. as well as a rich, moving chronicle of a people and a nation in the face of powerful--and still resonating--change.