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dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
4.0
This was a long book. I had to fight the fatigue, but I could get through it because learned a lot from it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War
thepermageek's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Such an important addition to the pantheon of books by and about Martin Luther King Jr.
This is 500+ pages of the real, human MLK…not the saint-like, sanitized, non-controversial figure he’s become in popular culture.
But MLK as he actually was: someone who was chronically late, extremely sexist, slightly homophobic, and who suffered from intermittent bouts of anxiety and depression.
Another way of saying it is that this biography was focused as much on the defeats as on the triumphs; as much on MLK as a sinner as on him as a saint.
If yr looking for hagiography then this is not yr book. But if you want a nuanced account of one of the 20th century’s great American heroes then you must read this ASAP.
This is 500+ pages of the real, human MLK…not the saint-like, sanitized, non-controversial figure he’s become in popular culture.
But MLK as he actually was: someone who was chronically late, extremely sexist, slightly homophobic, and who suffered from intermittent bouts of anxiety and depression.
Another way of saying it is that this biography was focused as much on the defeats as on the triumphs; as much on MLK as a sinner as on him as a saint.
If yr looking for hagiography then this is not yr book. But if you want a nuanced account of one of the 20th century’s great American heroes then you must read this ASAP.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Violence, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia
Minor: Rape
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