{"product_id":"working-for-the-beloved-community","title":"Working for the Beloved Community \/\/ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Labor (Pre-order, Aug 17 2027)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe didn't just dream of racial equality—he demanded economic justice for every working person.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMartin Luther King Jr. stood on a Memphis picket line with sanitation workers, publicly called poverty a moral crisis, and declared before union halls across the country that \u003ci\u003eall labor has dignity.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOn Labor\u003c\/i\u003e—published exclusively by HarperCollins is an “On” series volume drawn directly from the Dr. King archives—recovers that voice and delivers it with new urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis compilation gathers King's most powerful speeches on labor, wages, poverty, and the dignity of working people, woven together to illuminate the historical moments and moral convictions behind each address. Together, they reveal a visionary whose fight for civil rights was always, at its core, a fight for economic justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn these pages, you will encounter:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"All Labor Has Dignity\":\u003c\/b\u003e King's thundering call to the Memphis sanitation strike — the speech he gave the night before he was killed — in which he declared that the worth of every person who works must be honored\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Other America\":\u003c\/b\u003e His searing indictment of a society that creates poverty and then blames the poor, delivered at Stanford University to a nation at a crossroads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAddress to the AFL-CIO Fourth Constitutional Convention:\u003c\/b\u003e His passionate defense of organized labor and collective bargaining as sacred instruments of human dignity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Rediscovering Lost Values\":\u003c\/b\u003e His sweeping moral framework — rooted in the conviction that every worker bears the image of God — that challenged America to measure progress not by profit, but by how it treats the least among us\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"I've Been to the Mountaintop\":\u003c\/b\u003e His final, prophetic address, a soaring vision of a just society where every life and every labor is treated with dignity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompiled from addresses delivered to labor unions, civil rights gatherings, churches, and university audiences between 1954 and 1968, these speeches span King's entire public ministry. The editorial commentary situates each address within its historical context, tracing how King's economic theology deepened over time—from early sermons on human worth to his final, urgent campaign for the poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Labor\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone who cares about justice, labor rights, and the unfinished work of building a more equitable America. King's words don't simply belong to history. They belong to now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1929–1968), preacher, civil rights leader, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace, inspired and sustained the struggle for freedom, interracial brotherhood, and social justice through his philosophy and strategies of nonviolence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAugust 17, 2027 \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780063593572\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e8 in H | 5.3 in W | 1 lb Wt\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC: History \/ Social History\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy \/ Ethics \u0026amp; Moral Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Collections \/ Speeches\u003cbr\u003eHistory \/ United States \/ 20Th Century\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Science \/ Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eSocial Science \/ Discrimination\u003cbr\u003eReligion \/ Sermons \/ Christian\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Science \/ Political Economy\u003cbr\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography \/ Social Activists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, Aug 17 2027) Paperback","offer_id":68434524537067,"sku":"9780063593572","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/cover_coming_soon_09071ed0-0d67-4631-ba16-bbd82e2ad97a.png?v=1792178200","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/working-for-the-beloved-community","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}