Out-of-print books and writings by Martin Luther King will be brought back onto the shelves from next year under a deal between a U.S. publisher and the African-American civil right leader’s family.
Beacon Press said it will print new editions of previously published King titles and compile his writings, sermons, orations, lectures, and prayers into new editions with introductions by scholars in a series called “The King Legacy”.
King, who pioneered efforts to deliver racial equality through civil disobedience and other non-violent means, was assassinated in April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, aged 39.
“His vision and his message are more essential than ever in a world where, despite great gains, the global aspects of the radical inequities Dr. King devoted his life to exposing and addressing are all too apparent,” said Helene Atwan, director of independent publisher Beacon Press, in a statement.
King’s youngest son, Dexter Scott King, representing the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s estate, said Boston-based Beacon Press would be the dedicated public outlet for his father’s work.
“(This) will help bring his urgently needed teachings of nonviolence and human dignity, and his dream of freedom and equality to a new global audience,” King said in a statement.
Source: Reuters
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This is a book that needs too be passed on from generation to generation. I will definitely buy this book.