To date, seven exhaustive volumes have been published spanning hundreds of pages. Each volume is bound in a signature red cover. The work started in 1985 when Dr. Carson was handpicked by Coretta Scott King, founder of the King Center in Atlanta, to lead the project nearly 20 years after MLK was assassinated. Glover: "How long did you believe it would take you to get through all 12 volumes at the time?" Carson: "I'm kind of embarrassed to tell you the answer to that. I told (Coretta Scott King) 'probably in about 20 years I think we can wrap this up'." Glover: "So you were thinking 2005?"