| In struggle C Carson Harvard University Press, 1995 | 2082 | 1995 |
| The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. C Carson Grand Central Publishing, 2001 | 1020 | 2001 |
| The black panthers speak C Carson Da Capo Press, 1970 | 578 | 1970 |
| The long shadow of Little Rock: A memoir D Bates University of Arkansas Press, 2007 | 310 | 2007 |
| The eyes on the prize civil rights reader: Documents, speeches, and firsthand accounts from the Black freedom struggle C Carson, DJ Garrow, G Gill, V Harding, DC Hine Penguin, 1991 | 294 | 1991 |
| A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. C Carson, K Shepard Hachette UK, 2001 | 177 | 2001 |
| Malcolm X: the FBI file C Carson Skyhorse, 2012 | 156 | 2012 |
| The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr C Carson, R Luker, PA Russell, P Holloran Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992 | 153 | 1992 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr.: Charismatic leadership in a mass struggle C Carson The Journal of American History 74 (2), 448-454, 1987 | 112 | 1987 |
| Civil rights reform and the black freedom struggle C Carson The civil rights movement in America 27, 1986 | 105 | 1986 |
| A knock at midnight ML King, C Carson, P Holloran | 101 | 1998 |
| The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Volume VI: Advocate of the Social Gospel, September 1948–March 1963 ML King, C Carson Univ of California Press, 1992 | 90* | 1992 |
| A call to conscience: the landmark speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ML King Jr, C Carson, K Shepard (No Title), 2001 | 84 | 2001 |
| A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. C Carson, P Holloran Hachette UK, 2001 | 79 | 2001 |
| The papers of Martin Luther King, Jr: Called to serve, January 1929-September 1951 C Carson, R Luker, PA Russell University of California Press, 1992 | 64 | 1992 |
| Civil rights chronicle: The African-American struggle for freedom C Carson, CR Branham, RD Fertig, M Bauerlein, M Evers-Williams (No Title), 2003 | 61 | 2003 |
| Two Cheers for Brown v. Board of Education C Carson The Journal of American History 91 (1), 26-31, 2004 | 56 | 2004 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., and the African-American Social Gospel C Carson African-American Religion, 342-362, 2013 | 52 | 2013 |
| The Student Voice, 1960-1965: Periodical of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee C Carson, ML King Jr, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (No Title), 1990 | 45 | 1990 |
| The Chicago freedom movement: Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activism in the North C Carson University Press of Kentucky, 2016 | 41 | 2016 |
