The original version of THE SPIRIT OF A DREAM was written and copyrighted by Evangelist Alveda King in 1992 and was published by Ditto Press. This expanded version includes additional works by Evangelist Alveda King: The essay THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND HIS USE OF THE BIBLE AND BIBLICAL IMAGES which was originally presented at an EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF RELIGION, JESUS, AND SOCIAL VIOLENCE SEMINAR; HOW CAN THE DREAM SURVIVE IF WE MURDER OUR CHILDREN? and the poem RIPPLES IN TIME AND SPACE.