Stride Toward Freedom
“Americans who believe in justice and equality for all cannot afford to miss the book” (Benjamin Mays).
First edition first printing of Martin Luther King’s account of a pivotal turning point in American history. Copy preserved in publisher’s cloth with original dust jacket.
8vo of 230 pp. with photos in black and white, a few stains. Original dustjacket with some wear and stains with the publisher's $2.95 printed price present on the front flap.
207 x 140 mm.
First edition, first printing.
“Many books record history ; a few books make history. Stride Toward Freedom will, I believe, do both.” (Christian Century).
“Martin Luther King’s early words return to us today with enormous power, as profoundly true, as wise and inspiring, now as when he wrote them fifty years ago.”(Howard Zinn).
Stride Toward Freedom is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful largescale application of nonviolent resistance in America. King described his book as "the chronicle of fifty thousand Negroes who took to heart the principles of nonviolence, who learned to fight for their rights with the weapon of love, and who, in the process, acquired a new estimate of their own human worth.''.
“In Stride Toward Freedom, King delineates racial conditions in Montgomery before, during, and after the bus boycott. He discusses the origin and significance of the boycott, the roles that residents, civic leaders, and community organizations played in organizing and sustaining the movement, and the reactions of white Montgomery officials and residents. Stride Toward Freedom was officially released on 17 September 1958. It was lauded by both the general public and literary critics, who repeatedly labeled it “‘must’ reading” (Mays, “My View”)” (The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute)
