sydnapped 's review for:

The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy by Douglas Brinkley, David Margolick

4.0

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This was a fascinating and insightful read. Poignant because of the intimate look into their dynamic personalities, their insecurities and just being human and knowing well in advance that what they fought for was going to cost them their lives, but they did it anyway because that is what you do when you are brave enough to hear that voice that guides you into something bigger than yourself. Activism and social justice and personal responsibility are largely shrugged off by Americans today in exchange for a complacency and comfort that is allowed to take precedence over spiritual morality. It was good to be reminded that the cost of living is high, but you are not really living until you are accountable and liberated from self-indulgence, and therefore find the ultimate kind of freedom for your soul. This book is not about what could have been so much as it is about what you can and should be. And that is definitely what these social justice leaders wanted to teach us.