The Trumpet of Conscience
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers [1968], 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [10], xi-xii, [2], 3-78, [6] pp. Black publisher's cloth with the publisher's device in gold on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Foreword by Coretta Scott King. A series of five lectures delivered via broadcast in November and December of 1967, to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The seventh annual series of the Massey Lectures. Stanford, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, "Trumpet of Conscience, The". This title was first released by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, under the title, Conscience for Change. This publication was released shortly after King's assassination. It contains King's final thoughts on the American Civil Rights movement, with a discussion of civil disobedience, a statement of his opposition to the Vietnam War, the power of the youth movement, and the political strategy behind non-violent resistance. The final lecture was King's Christmas Eve sermon for 1967, delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The sermon stands as a reflection on the challenges the nonviolent resistance movement faced, but also as an affirmation of King's famous "I Have a Dream Speech" Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #000012881
A private owner's stamp on the free front endpaper; jacket with a small crease and tear on the front flap.
Price: $250.00