State of the Art: Martin Luther King, Jr.

This article focuses on the existing literature on Martin Luther King, Junior, a U.S. political activist, and assesses what has already been done, as well as points the gap that still need to be filled in what remains important field of study. The article makes specific references to civil right movements in the U.S. The article concludes that despite the attention given to King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference by historians of civil rights movement, a number of gaps remain. Although recent works have some way in correcting the neglect of King's later years from 1965 to 68, there is still too little thorough investigation of them and in particular of King's stance on the Vietnam War.