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4.43 AVERAGE
4.43 AVERAGE
ana amazing book that provides not only a first hand view of the civil right movement, but it also provides a view in Dr. King's views to life and racial equality and racial justice.
reading this book was like sitting next to Martin while he wrote in his diary. I felt transported back to the times of change he worked so hard to bring about. I liked the approach of using personal notes to create this book because it gives you an intimate look behind the voice of a great leader. I recommend this book who wants a closer look at this man, and a closer look at themselves in how to help your fellow man.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
The audiobook version includes actual audio clips of Dr. King, which really adds to the whole thing. I was touched by this in a way I didn't expect to be. I feel like I made a friend just in time to grieve him.
Letter from Birmingham jail makes a lot more sense now. Unbelievable book and MLK was even more courageous, brave and an example of love than I thought previously- the world should read it.
I recommend the audiobook version of this because it is read by LeVar Burton and includes recordings of King speaking. The book is not a comprehensive look at the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., but rather focuses on his ideals, philosophy, influences, and perspectives on key people and events in his era.
Reading this exposed me to a lot of complex emotions that I wasn't really prepared for. The 2024 election is astir and there's multiple genocide across the globe. There have been protests, riots, shooting and every flavor of tragedy you can imagine.
Martin Luther King Jr. had such a profoundly positive hope for the future, especially for the Black community, but specifically for the future of all mankind. In his idyllic future, we would purge ourselves of racism, poverty and war and would find the ground to unify one another with no borders between land, color or religion.
I think he would be disappointed in where we're at.
A quote near the end of the book will likely haunt me for a long time: "We will be marching for these and a dozen other names and attending rallies without end unless there is a significant and profound change in American life and policy...When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered."
Martin Luther King Jr. had such a profoundly positive hope for the future, especially for the Black community, but specifically for the future of all mankind. In his idyllic future, we would purge ourselves of racism, poverty and war and would find the ground to unify one another with no borders between land, color or religion.
I think he would be disappointed in where we're at.
A quote near the end of the book will likely haunt me for a long time: "We will be marching for these and a dozen other names and attending rallies without end unless there is a significant and profound change in American life and policy...When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered."
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This book gets a very-close-to-5-stars 4 stars! Reading it in audiobook format is truly an experience, because more than half of it is presented in the form of excerpts from MLK's speeches (in his own voice). I was close to tears on multiple occasions, and I found the book easy to fly through.
I'm not rating the book on whether I agree with everything said in it. From a perspective of race and politics, I do agree with just about all of it, but then, I'm an atheist, so as much as I can find beauty in the references to Christianity because of the way MLK spoke, I can't find that beauty myself.
What I did find lacking was detail. Another reviewer said that this would have worked better as a biography, and I agree. It would have given the editor the opportunity to flesh out historical events and speak on the psyches of the people involved more than the speeches and MLK's written works alone, which were always succinct. Something of a narrative was lacking, despite the fact that the events were all organized well and were significant.
I'm not rating the book on whether I agree with everything said in it. From a perspective of race and politics, I do agree with just about all of it, but then, I'm an atheist, so as much as I can find beauty in the references to Christianity because of the way MLK spoke, I can't find that beauty myself.
What I did find lacking was detail. Another reviewer said that this would have worked better as a biography, and I agree. It would have given the editor the opportunity to flesh out historical events and speak on the psyches of the people involved more than the speeches and MLK's written works alone, which were always succinct. Something of a narrative was lacking, despite the fact that the events were all organized well and were significant.
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced