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 United States or Britain that was deemed to improve interracial understanding,Charles Platt, "John Brunner – Somerset, England, July 30, 1979", in Dream Makers, Gateway, 2017.Derek Humphry, Good Life, Good Death: The Memoir of a Right to Die Pioneer, Carrel Books, 2017. 'reflecting the ideals to which Dr Martin Luther King dedicated his life'.Norman Frankel, "Martin Luther King Memorial Prize (U.K.)", The Grants Register 1985–1987, Macmillan Publishers, 1984, p. 448. 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.
Recipients Winners of the prize have included: Because They're Black (1972) by Derek Humphry and Gus JohnDerek Humphry biography at Ergo. Black and White: The Negro and English Society, 1555–1945 (1973) by James Walvin"James Walvin", Historians, Spartacus Educational."Leading Slavery Scholar to Give Public Lecture", University of Worcester, 26 February 2015. The Fight Against Slavery (1975) by Evan Jones A Dry White Season (1980) by André BrinkCarolyn Turgeon, "A Dry White Season" at encyclopedia.com. In a Dark Time (1984) edited by Nicholas Humphrey and Robert Lifton"Book awards: Martin Luther King Memorial Prize", Librarything. The Heart of the Race: Black Women's Lives in Britain (1985) by Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe"Stella Dadzie" , The British Library. The European Tribe (1987) by Caryl Phillips"Awards" , Caryl Phillips website. Behind the Frontlines: Journey into Afro-Britain (1988) by Ferdinand Dennis."Ferdinand Dennis" , British Council, Literature Matters. Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954–63 (1988) by Taylor Branch
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