''Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference'' is a 1986 book by David J. Garrow about

Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, civil and political rights, civil rights activist and political philosopher who was a leader of the civil rights move ...

, the

Southern Christian Leadership Conference The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African Americans, African-American civil rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. SCLC is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., ...

, the Freedom Rides, The March on Washington and the American Civil Rights Movement. The content of this book is derived from more than 700 recorded conversations – with such close associates of King as

Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King ( Scott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his assassination in 1968. As an advocate for African-Ameri ...

Andrew Young Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christia ...

, and Ralph D. Abernathy, as well as with political opponents – and thousands of previously unreleased FBI documents. The book won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. ''Bearing the Cross'' was first published in hardback by

William Morrow and Company William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation (now News Corp) in 1999. The ...

, with a

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paperback in 2004."Bearing the Cross"
at books.google.com.

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1986 non-fiction books American biographies Books about activists Books by David Garrow History books about the United States Non-fiction books about the civil rights movement Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography–winning works Works about Martin Luther King Jr. {{AfricanAmerican-book-stub