Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

First edition of King's "last grand expression of his vision" (Cornel West). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Association copy, warmly inscribed by an associate of King Jr., Rev. Fredrick Douglass Kirkpatrick on the front free endpaper, "To my good friend Brother Edd Goodman From Rev. F. D. Kirkpatrick Happy Fellowship." Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick was a civil rights activist, minister, and musician who played a notable role in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As a close ally of King, Kirkpatrick contributed to the movement not only through his activism but also by using music as a tool for unity and protest, co-founding the Freedom Singers and helping to amplify the message of nonviolent resistance across the country. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with a small closed tear to the front panel. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Jacket photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Bob Fitch. Photograph of the Selma March to the front panel by Steve Schapiro.