Martin Luther King Memorial Prize

The Martin Luther King Memorial Prize was instituted by novelist John Brunner and his wife and was awarded annually to a literary work published in the US or Britain that was deemed to improve interracial understanding, "reflecting the ideals to which Dr. Martin Luther King dedicated his life". As of 1984, the author of the winning work was awarded £100. Brunner died in 1995, and it is uncertain if the award has continued.
Winners of the prize have included:Because They're Black by Derek Humphry and Gus JohnBlack and White: The Negro and English Society, 1555-1945 by James WalvinThe Fight Against Slavery by Evan JonesA Dry White Season by André BrinkIn a Dark Time edited by Nicholas Humphrey and Robert LiftonThe Heart of the Race: Black Women's Lives in Britain by Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne ScafeThe European Tribe by Caryl PhillipsBehind the Frontlines: Journey into Afro-Britain by Ferdinand Dennis.Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 by Taylor Branch, 1989 MLK Prize