{"product_id":"young-king-the-making-of-martin-luther-king-jr","title":"Young King","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE BOOK CLUB BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A rich . . . retelling of King's life . . . a compelling account.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An engaging, detailed examination . . . that goes a long way in humanizing the American hero's public image.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a preeminent King scholar, the origin story of the man, minister, and civil rights hero who would lead the nation and change the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe know who Martin Luther King, Jr. became, but who was he at the beginning of his life How did his youth inform his outlook and activism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore Martin Luther King, Jr. was a civil rights leader, a Nobel Laureate, and a global hero, he was an emotional boy, a middling high school student devoted to fashion, dancing, and dating. Lerone A. Martin, Faculty Director of the Martin Luther King Institute at Stanford University, traces these roots to develop a fuller understanding of the influential preacher's emotional life, his youthful confusion about his future and career direction, his teenage missteps, and his inspiration to fight for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevelatory, humanizing, and compassionate, \u003ci\u003eYoung King\u003c\/i\u003e unearths:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMLK's Childhood on Auburn Avenue\u003c\/b\u003e: his days as \"Little Mike\"--the ever-eager middle child and a precocious prankster--spent at Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Auburn Avenue Library in Atlanta\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEarly Encounters with Racism\u003c\/b\u003e: his early experiences of segregation and the summers he spent on a Connecticut tobacco farm, his first trip outside the Jim Crow South\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCollege Life at Morehouse\u003c\/b\u003e: his transformative time at Morehouse, playing basketball, hosting parties, studying sociology, and joining the Ministers' Union\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePath to Seminary and Activism\u003c\/b\u003e: his winding path to seminary and the co-development of his activist consciousness, his spiritual devotion, and his relationship with Coretta, his wife-to-be\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As America undergoes another era of turmoil and change, this powerful biography provides a vital roadmap for how greatness comes to light. This essential work is a testament to how history shapes a leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYoung King\u003c\/i\u003e includes rarely seen black-and-white photographs of an adolescent MLK from his high school days and college years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Young King The Making of Martin Luther King Jr","offer_id":50586164134085,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-06-334094-7.jpg?v=1790662180","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/young-king-the-making-of-martin-luther-king-jr","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}