Martin Luther King, Jr. Honored by UC Press, Stanford

Some thirty-nine years after his tragic death, Martin Luther King, Jr. remains a central force in the American battle for equality and peace. This Monday, the nation paused to celebrate his birthday. But the celebration doesn’t end with a day off from work.

The University of California Press and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University are in their fifteenth year of collaborative celebration through the publication of King’s Papers. Volume VI of the series, subtitled Advocate of the Social Gospel, gathers the preacher and peacemaker’s sermons and ecclesiastical notes, unveiling the scrawled beginnings of the preacher’s renowned orations.

On Thursday, January 18th, the co-editors of the book will introduce the volume at a celebration on the Stanford campus with a talk on King’s current relevance as a religious leader. All are welcome to attend.