''Conscience for Change'' is a book of transcribed lectures by
Martin Luther King Jr. that includes five talks King gave in late 1967 for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the governme ...
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Massey Lectures. First published by the CBC, the book was later republished as ''The Trumpet of Conscience'' with a foreword by his widow,
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King ( Scott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was married to Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his death. As an advocate for African-American equality, she ...
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Dr. King's lectures included in the book are ''Impasse in Race Relations,'' ''Conscience and the Vietnam War'', ''Youth and Social Action,'' ''Nonviolence and Social Change,'' and a live broadcast of Dr. King's 1967 sermon at
Ebenezer Baptist Church, ''A Christmas Sermon on Peace.''
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See also
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Beyond Vietnam
"Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence", also referred as the Riverside Church speech, is an anti–Vietnam War and pro–social justice speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1967, exactly one year before he was assassinated. T ...
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1968 non-fiction books
Speeches by Martin Luther King Jr.
Massey Lectures books
Books about activism
Books of lectures