Table of Contents

Introduction
Chronology of Events: June 1929-June 1951

Part I: The Early Years

13 June 1937

To Martin Luther King, Sr.

1 April 1939

In Memoriam

18 January 1940

To Martin Luther King, Sr.

24 January 1940

To Martin Luther King, Sr.

20 June 1940

To Alberta Williams King

23 June 1940

To Martin Luther King, Sr.

April 1944

"The Negro and the Constitution"

11 June 1944

To Alberta Williams King

15 June 1944

To Martin Luther King, Sr.

18 June 1944

To Alberta Williams King

5 August 1944

To Alberta Williams King

30 August 1944

To Alberta Williams King

Part II: The Morehouse Years

6 August 1946

"Kick Up Dust," Letter to the Editor, Atlanta Constitution

September 1946-January 1947

"The Purpose of Education"

January-February 1947

"The Purpose of Education"

27 October 1947

To Crozer Theological Seminary

29 October 1947

From Charles E. Batten

25 September 1946-31 January 1948

"Ritual"

February 1948

Application for Admission to Crozer Theological Seminary

4 February 1948

Certification of Minister's License for Martin Luther King, Jr.

18 February 1948

From Charles E. Batten

25 February 1948

Lucius M. Tobin to Charles E. Batten

28 February 1948

Benjamin Elijah Mays to Charles E. Batten

5 March 1948

Martin Luther King, Sr., to Charles E. Batten

9 March 1948

Phoebe Burney to Charles E. Batten

12 March 1948

George D. Kelsey to Charles E. Batten

23 March 1948

Brailsford R. Brazeal to Charles E. Batten

23 March 1948

Charles E. Batten's Notes on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Academic Record at Morehouse College

Part III: The Crozer Years

October 1948

To Alberta Williams King

14 September-24 November 1948

"Light on the Old Testament from the Ancient Near East"

14 September-24 November 1948

"The Significant Contributions of Jeremiah to Religious Thought"

30 November 1948-16 February 1949

Notes on Sermon Theory

30 November 1948-16 February 1949

"The Ethics of Late Judaism as Evidenced in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs"

8 October 1949

William H. Gray, Jr., to Martin Luther King, Sr.

13 September-23 November 1949

"A Study of Mithraism"

13 September-23 November 1949

"What Experiences of Christians Living in the Early Christian Century led to the Christian Doctrines of the Divine Sonship of Jesus, the Virgin Birth, and the Bodily Resurrection"

13 September-23 November 1949

"The Place of Reason and Experience in Finding God"

13 September-23 November 1949

"The Sources of Fundamentalism and Liberalism Considered Historically and Psychologically"

13 September-23 November 1949

"Six Talks in Outline"

13 September-23 November 1949

"How to Use the Bible in Modern Theological Construction"

29 November 1949-15 February 1950

"The Humanity and Divinity of Jesus"

29 November 1949-15 February 1950

"A View of the Cross Possessing Biblical and Spiritual Justification"

29 November 1949-15 February 1950

"The Christian Pertinence of Eschatological Hope"

29 November 1949-15 February 1950

"How Modern Christians Should Think of Man"

29 November 1949-15 February 1950

Six Talks Based on Beliefs That Matter by William Adams Brown

29 November 1949-15 February 1950

Examination Answers, Christian Theology for Today

29 November 1949-15 February 1950

"The Influence of the Mystery Religions on Christianity"

28 April 1950

"The Chief Characteristics and Doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism"

20 July 1950

Statement on Behalf of Ernest Nichols, State v. Ernest Nichols, by W. Thomas McGann

13 September 1950

Crozer Theological Seminary Field Work Questionnaire

11 October 1950

From Charles E. Batten

30 October 1950

To Charles E. Batten

5 November 1950

To Hugh Watt

15 November 1950

Crozer Theological Seminary Placement Committee: Confidential Evaluation of Martin Luther King, Jr., by George W. Davis

17 November 1950

"An Appraisal of the Great Awakening"

21 November 1950

Crozer Theological Seminary Placement Committee: Confidential Evaluation of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Morton Scott Enslin

12 September-22 November 1950

Book Review of A Functional Approach to Religious Education by Ernest J. Chave

12 September-22 November 1950

Book Review of Personality, Its Study and Hygiene by Winifred V. Richmond

12 September-22 November 1950

"An Autobiography of Religious Development"

September-1 December 1950

Crozer Theological Seminary Field Work Department: Rating Sheet for Martin Luther King, Jr., by William E. Gardner

14 December 1950

Morton Scott Enslin to Chester M. Alter

15 December 1950

From Oliver Shaw Rankin

19 December 1950

"A Conception and Impression of Religion from Dr. W. K. Wright's Book Entitled A Student's Philosophy of Religion"

September-December 1950

Fragment of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Application to Boston University

1951

"Martin L. King," by Charles E. Batten

January 1951

To Sankey L. Blanton

4 February 1951

Crozer Theological Seminary Placement Committee: Confidential Evaluation of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Raymond J. Bean

9 February 1951

"The Origin of Religion in the Race"

23 February 1951

Crozer Theological Seminary Placement Committee: Confidential Evaluation of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Charles E. Batten

6 March 1951

Graduate Record Examination Scores for Martin Luther King, Jr.

28 March 1951

"A Conception and Impression of Religion Drawn from Dr. Brightman's Book Entitled A Philosophy of Religion"

27 April 1951

"Religion's Answer to the Problem of Evil"

20 February-4 May 1951

"War and Pacifism"

20 February-4 May 1951

Notes on American Capitalism

20 February-4 May 1951

"Jacques Maritain"

10 May 1951

Alberta Williams King to Charles E. Batten

1 June 1951

To Charles E. Batten

4 June 1951

From Charles E. Batten

4 June 1951

Charles E. Batten to Chester M. Alter