In this now-classic collection of interpretative essays, writers and historians assess King"s personality and vision and capture the many faces of an exemplary and charismatic leader and of the age he helped to shape. Contributors: Jerry Tallmer, Lerone Bennett Jr., William Robert Miller, L. D. Reddick, James Baldwin, Reese Cleghorn, Haig Bosmajian, August Meier, Louis Lomax, Vincent Harding, David Halberstam, Carl T. Rowan, Ralph Abernathy, Adam Fairclough, James H. Cone, and Mary R. Sawyer.