The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr Summary
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr Summary

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s autobiography is the story of one of the great social and political figures of the twentieth century. The famed civil rights leader was also a preacher, philosopher, and orator. King never wrote an official autobiography. Instead, the manager of his papers, Clayborne Carson, reconstructed an autobiography from King's autobiographical sketches, notes and speeches.

King was born in the late 1920s to a long line of ministers...

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