Today is Martin Luther King Day, so I posed with a first edition Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1967 book WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE: CHAOS OR COMMUNITY? This vintage copy reminds me that in that year, MLK achieved so much that he imparted to people. I’m holding in my hands a copy that could have been given to my fictional kids in my novel, in 1967, by MLK himself. Photograph by Robert Spencer.
The two photographs here of Martin Luther King are obviously from the same session. It shows how his image could be changed, depending on his pose. 
I saw this at a local bookstore and feel good because I just finished a new novel about Martin Luther King. I’m very excited about bringing this great man’s story to the public. 
While I was researching my MLK book, I watched a lot of videos of Martin Luther King giving his speeches, and I listened to them as well, and read them. There certainly hasn’t been as eloquent a speaker since MLK. Check out “The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life”; and “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” I challenge you to listen to MLK give a speech and not get emotional about it. (In other words, you might tear up.)
This is Martin Luther King’s final book, in 1967, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE: CHAOS OR COMMUNITY? I make a reference to it in my new Middle Grade Novel about MLK and a couple of kids in 1966-67. The King book says that America needs to have not just racial equality but economic equality. The issues are just as relevant today. King had moved beyond civil rights in 1967 and was interested in a decent standard of living for all people, not only in America but all over the world.
Today I acquired this great image from Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly. This photograph is part of David’s archive of over one million photographs, which he is currently organizing for gallery and museum exhibitions.
