Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968)

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1. Martin Luther King, Jr.

   Author of I Have A Dream, The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.

2. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

   Author of Life Together, Letters and Papers from Prison, Ethics
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3. James Baldwin

   Author of Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, Nobody Knows My Name
   All: (1 member)

4. Henri J. M. Nouwen

   Author of The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society, The Way of the Heart, Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life
   All: (1 member)

5. Taylor Branch

   Author of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63, Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65, At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
   All: (1 member)

6. James H. Cone

   Author of A Black Theology of Liberation (Ethics and Society), God of the Oppressed, Black Theology and Black Power
   All: (1 member)

7. Reinhold Niebuhr

   Author of Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics, Nature and Destiny of Man Volume 1, The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses
   All: (1 member)

8. H. Richard Niebuhr

   Author of Christ & Culture, The Responsible Self, The Meaning of Revelation
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9. Paul Tillich

   Author of Dynamics of Faith, The Shaking of the Foundations, Love, Power, and Justice: Ontological Analysis and Ethical Applications (Galaxy Books)
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10. Malcolm X

    Author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements, Malcolm X: The Last Speeches (Malcolm X Speeches & Writings)
    All: (1 member)

11. Dave Eggers

    Author of The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005

12. Louis Menand

    Author of The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America, The Best American Essays 2004

13. David A. Adler

    Author of A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr., A Picture Book of George Washington (Picture Book Biography), A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman (Picture Book Biography)
    All: (1 member)

14. Mahatma Gandhi

    Author of Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth, The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas, Gandhi on Non-Violence: A Selection From the Writings of Mahatma Gandi
    All: (1 member)

15. Cornel West

    Author of Race Matters, The Cornel West Reader, Restoring Hope
    All: (1 member)

16. Faith Ringgold

    Author of Tar Beach, Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky

17. W. E. B. Du Bois

    Author of The Souls of Black Folk, Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880
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18. Walter Brueggemann

    Author of The Prophetic Imagination, Genesis, The Bible Makes Sense
    All: (1 member)

19. Stanley Hauerwas

    Author of Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony, The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer In Christian Ethics

20. Richard Wright

    Author of Native Son, Black Boy, Richard Wright: Later Works: Black Boy [American Hunger] / The Outsider