Martin's dream : my journey and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

On August 28, 1963 hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flocked to the nation's capital for the March in Washington for jobs and freedom, where dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. It was Clayborne Carson's first demonstration. Decades later, Coretta Scott King selected Dr. Carson - then a history professor at Stanford University to edit the papers of her late husband. He traces his own evolution from political activist to activist scholar. He vividly recalls his involvement in the movement's heyday and in the subsequent turbulent period when King's visionary Dream became real for some and remained unfulfilled for others. He recounts his conversations with key African Americans of the past half century, including Black Power firebrand Stokely Carmichael and dedicated organizers such as Ella Baker and Bob Moses. His description of his long-term relationship with Coretta Scott King sheds new light on her crucial role in preserving and protecting her late husband's legacy.