Clayborne Carson

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Carson, Clayborne (1981). In struggle : SNCC and the Black awakening of the 1960s . Harvard University Press. ISBN   9780674447264. [12]
  • Senior Academic Adviser "Eyes on the Prize" PBS,1987-1990. [12]
  • co-editor, The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader . Penguin Books, 1991. ISBN   0-14-015403-5
  • Historical Adviser,"Freedom on My Mind" Tara Releasing, 1994. [12]
  • Co-editor with David Gallen, Malcolm X: the FBI file. Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1991. ISBN   978-0-88184-758-1 [2]
  • Co-author with Carol Berkin and others, American Voices A History of the United States. Scott Foresman and Company, 1992. ISBN   0673352579 [2]
  • co-author, A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Grand Central Publishers, 1998. ISBN   978-0-446-52346-2
  • co-author, The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Grand Central Publishers, 2001. ISBN   978-0-446-67650-2
  • co-editor, African American Lives: The Struggle for Freedom. Volume I. Longman, 2004. ISBN   978-0-201-79487-8
  • co-editor, African American Lives: The Struggle for Freedom. Volume II. Longman, 2004. ISBN   978-0-201-79489-2
  • co-author, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press, 2008. ISBN   978-0-313-29440-2 [2]
  • senior editor, The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Vols. 1–4. University of California Press, 1992–2007.
  • co-editor with Kris Shepard, A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." Warner Books, Inc., 2001. ISBN   0-446-52399-2 [2]
  • consultant, Civil Rights Chronicle : the African-American Struggle for Freedom Publications International, Ltd., 2003. ISBN   978-0-785-34924-2 [2]
  • Martin's Dream: My Journey and the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. A Memoir. Palgrave MacMillan, 2013. ISBN   978-0-230-62169-5
  • (2015). "Prologue. Martin's dream : the global legacy of Martin Luther King Jr" (PDF). Bulletin of the German Historical Institute (Washington DC). Supplement 11: 15–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2015.
  • Historical Adviser, "Chicano! History of Mexican American Civil Rights" NLCC Educational Media, 1996 . [12]
  • Historical Adviser, "Black and Jews" 1997 . [12]
  • co-author, "Blacks and Jews in the Civil Rights Movement," in Strangers and Neighbors: Relations between Blacks and Jews in the United States, University of Massachusetts Press, 2000. ISBN   978-1-55849-236-3 [13]
  • Author of introduction, Stride Toward Freedom: Montgomery Story. Beacon Press, 2010. ISBN   0807000698 [2]
  • Co-Author, This Light is Ours: Activist Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement. WW Norton & Co, 2009. ISBN   0393306046 [2]
  • Author of play Passages of Martin Luther King. 1993 [5]
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    Clayborne Carson
    Clayborne Carson (32973356403).jpg
    Carson in 2017
    Born (1944-06-15) June 15, 1944 (age 80)
    SpouseSusan Ann Carson
    Children2
    Academic background
    Education University of California, Los Angeles (BA, MA, PhD)