My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.

KING, Coretta Scott.

Item Number: 4208

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed to friend Robert Seamans, “To Robert C. Seamans , Jr. With all good wishes Coretta Scott King.” The recipient Robert Seamans was a NASA Deputy Administrator and in 1969 he became Secretary of the United States Air Force, serving until 1973. Seamans was also president of the National Academy of Engineering from May 1973 to December 1974, when he became the first administrator of the new Energy Research and Development Administration. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. is a personal, inspirational account of the history of the Civil Rights Movement. The book describes the author's relationship with Martin Luther King, Jr., detailing their marriage, the events of the 1960s, and King's tragic assassination.