This week, we are honored to welcome Dr. Clayborne Carson to The Hamilton Review Podcast!
Today, as we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. there is no one more appropriate to commemorate Dr. King’s life than Dr. Clayborne Carson. In 1985, Mrs. Coretta Scott King chose Dr. Carson to edit and publish a definitive, multi-volume edition of her late husband’s speeches, sermons, correspondence, publications, and unpublished writings. “The Autobiograpy of Martin Luther King, Jr.” was brought to life by Dr. Carson and is a book to be cherished and added to all collections.
In this special episode, Dr. Carson shares his compelling story, which is a must listen conversation to be shared everywhere.
Enjoy this intimate discussion with Dr. Clayborne Carson.
Dr. Clayborne Carson, the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Professor of History, emeritus, at Stanford University, has devoted his professional life to the study of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the human rights movements inspired by Coretta and Martin King, Mohandas K. Gandhi, and other visionaries.
His award-winning first book, In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s, was published in 1981 and remains the definitive study of the courageous activists and organizers who challenged the strongholds of segregation. In 1985, Mrs. Coretta Scott King chose Dr. Carson to edit and publish a definitive, multi-volume edition of her late husband’s speeches, sermons, correspondence, publications, and unpublished writings.
In addition to publishing numerous other books and scholarly articles, Carson has also reached broader audiences as a senior advisor to the Eyes on the Prize series and his contributions to more than two dozen subsequent documentaries. After launching the online Liberation Curriculum for K-12 students, Carson founded Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute in 2005 to disseminate King-related educational resources to a global audience.
After retiring as the King Institute’s Director, Carson has continued his online and multi-media educational efforts by establishing The World House Project to collaborate with other human rights advocates to realize King’s vision of a global community in which all people can “learn somehow to live with each other in peace.”