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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project has made the writings and spoken words of one of the twentieth century's most influential figures widely available through the publication of The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., a projected fourteen-volume edition of King's most historically significant speeches, sermons, correspondence, published writings, and unpublished manuscripts. 

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The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume VII: To Save The Soul of America, January 1961–August 1962
Clayborne Carson and Tenisha Armstrong, eds.
2014

 

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The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume VI: Advocate of the Social Gospel, September 1948–March 1963
Clayborne Carson, Susan Carson, Susan Englander, Troy Jackson, and Gerald L. Smith, eds.
2007

 

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume V: Threshold of a New Decade, January 1959-December 1960, Clayborne Carson, Senior Editor

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume V: Threshold of a New Decade, January 1959–December 1960
Clayborne Carson, Tenisha Armstrong, Susan Carson, Adrienne Clay, and Kieran Taylor, eds.
2005

 

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume IV: Symbol of the Movement, January 1957-December 1958, Clayborne Carson, Senior Editor

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume IV: Symbol of the Movement, January 1957–December 1958
Clayborne Carson, Susan Carson, Adrienne Clay, Virginia Shadron, and Kieran Taylor, eds.
2000

 

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume III: Birth of a New Age, December 1955-December 1956, Clayborne Carson, Senior Editor

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume III: Birth of a New Age, December 1955–December 1956
Clayborne Carson, Stewart Burns, Susan Carson, Dana Powell, and Peter Holloran, eds.
1997

 

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Volume 2 - Rediscovering Precious Values | July 1951-November 1955, Clayborne Carson, Senior Editor

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume II: Rediscovering Precious Values, July 1951–November 1955
Clayborne Carson, Ralph Luker, Penny A. Russell, and Peter Holloran, eds.
1994

 

 

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume 1: Called to Serve | January 1929-June 1951, Clayborne Carson, Senior Editor

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume I: Called to Serve, January 1929–June 1951
Clayborne Carson, Ralph Luker, and Penny A. Russell, eds.
1992