KING, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968). Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, 1967.

8vo. Original black cloth-backed boards titled in gilt; original unclipped dust jacket (small closed tear to front jacket panel). Provenance: Edd Goodman (inscription from Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, see below).

FIRST EDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED by Rev. Fredrick Douglass Kirkpatrick, an associate of King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and founder of the Deacons for Defense. Kirkpatrick (1933-1986) was a civil rights activist, minister, and musician, writing songs such as "Everybody's Got a Right to Live" which was described as "an anthem of the civil rights movement". Kirkpatrick later went on to create the Deacons for Defense and Justice as an armed group to protect civil rights workers and their families during a time of continued violence from KKK members, the white community, and the struggling oppression under Jim Crow laws in Southern states.