The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.
Author: Martin Luther King Jr.
Desc: Using Stanford University's voluminous collection of archival material including previously unpublished writings interviews recordings and correspondence King scholar Clayborne Carson has constructed a remarkable first-person account of Dr. King's extraordinary life. Beginning with his boyhood the book portrays King's education as a minister his ascendancy as a leader of the Montgomery bus boycott his pivotal role in the civil rights demonstrations in Washington D.C. and his complex relationship with the Kennedy brothers LBJ Malcolm X and numerous other leading figures of the day.