A Testament of Hope
by Martin Luther King Jr., edited by James M. Washington
The essential King collection: speeches, sermons, essays and interviews, including the famous and the less known. The one-volume King library.
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you want King's writings in one place.
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you want a narrative life.
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Three things you will actually use
- Read the whole King.
- Economics was his later focus.
- Hope is a discipline.
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Read the final essay, 'A Testament of Hope'.
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King's essential writings.
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