8vo, hardbound with dustjacket, 230 pp. NF/G. Rubberstamp of Negro Book Club, New York, front free endpaper. Book is a little soiled toward the gutter, with some very light toning of the pages. Dustjacket spine is sunned, with some scuffs and loss at the ends, light soil and creases (protected in mylar).

A fine, unmarked first edition copy of MLK's first book, a canonical piece of Civil Rights literature, desirable in the original dust jacket with his picture on the cover.