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lindarlissima 's review for:
Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr
by Clayborne Carson, Martin Luther King Jr.
I decided to write reviews on all the books I read this year but I’m struggling with this one. MLK was such an amazing human, he lived at such a crazy, tumultuous time in history and did so much for so many people. His message is almost saintly. I loved reading his own words, his own thoughts. I feel awful saying it, but I did start to get tired of the metaphors, which he uses all the time. But most of the text is compilation of speeches which require a different style of writing so I let it go. Also, I would have liked more clarification within the book of where each passage was sourced. The passages in italics were direct transcriptions of speeches I think, but what about the rest? And those speech transcriptions should have had a date and location. It was a bit disjointed because of that. All in all, if you want to know anything about the Civil Rights movement, it seems like the words of MLK are a must.