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A review by nicoleankenmann
Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr by Clayborne Carson, Martin Luther King Jr.
5.0
Audiobook: 09hr 35m
The relevant message of Martin Luther King Jr’s words in 2020 is gutting.
MLK’s steadfast hope for true and universal equality for Black people — sometimes expressed in his own voice, thanks to historic recordings — has yet to be realized. We are living in a political moment that echoes so closely the civil rights fight of 1960’s America, and as we march the streets to proclaim “Black Lives Matter,” there is much we can learn from the fierce and gentle man who led the same movement almost sixty years ago.
This book is a curation of MLK’s writing and speeches, and not a true autobiography because he was killed before he’d had the chance to pen a full memoir of his own. I pray the leaders of this wave will be spared his fate while still embracing his heart for non-violent action and true justice.
The relevant message of Martin Luther King Jr’s words in 2020 is gutting.
MLK’s steadfast hope for true and universal equality for Black people — sometimes expressed in his own voice, thanks to historic recordings — has yet to be realized. We are living in a political moment that echoes so closely the civil rights fight of 1960’s America, and as we march the streets to proclaim “Black Lives Matter,” there is much we can learn from the fierce and gentle man who led the same movement almost sixty years ago.
This book is a curation of MLK’s writing and speeches, and not a true autobiography because he was killed before he’d had the chance to pen a full memoir of his own. I pray the leaders of this wave will be spared his fate while still embracing his heart for non-violent action and true justice.