A biography of the Baptist minister, focusing on his leadership role in the civil rights movement.

Includes index.

1. TheMontgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956 -- 2. Strong southern roots, 1929-1954 -- 3. SCLC, the prayer pilgrimage, and Little Rock, 1957 -- 4. "Stride toward freedom" and a pilgrimage to India, 1958-1959 -- 5. The sit-ins, 1960 -- 6. The Freedom ride, 1961-1962 -- 7. Albany and Birmingham, 1961-1963 -- 8. The broadening freedom movement and the march on Washington -- 9. St. Augustine, freedom summer, and the Nobel Peace Prize -- 10. The Selma protest and the Voting Rights Act, 1965.