With Martin Luther King Day on Jan.19th, everyone should be aware of some available biographies on the civil rights leader:

"The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr," by Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Martin Luther King, Jr. spirit-led prophet: a biography" by Richard Deats
"Martin Luther King, Jr." edited by Thomas Siebold
"To The Mountaintop: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Sacred Mission To Save America, 1955-1968" by Stewart Burns
"At Canaan's edge: America in the King years, 1965-68" by Taylor Branch