Martin Luther King focus of new book, course on non-violence

This semester, ASU’s Keith Miller has a new book on Martin Luther King, Jr. and a new course on non-violence and the civil rights movement.

Miller is a professor of English and faculty affiliate of the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict in ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and his work focuses on the rhetoric of the civil rights movement. A leading expert on the speeches and oratory of Martin Luther King, Jr., he is the author of the widely cited “Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Its Sources.”

His newest book, “Martin Luther King’s Biblical Epic: His Final Great Speech,” will be the focus of a discussion and book signing at 7 p.m., Jan. 13, at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Ariz.

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