Young King : the making of Martin Luther King Jr. / Lerone Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Lerone, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Childhood and youth.

King, Martin Luther.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

420 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026]

Summary:

"From one of today's foremost King scholars comes the revelatory origin story of the man, minister, and civil rights hero who shaped America. We know who Martin Luther King, Jr. became--but who was he before he stepped into our collective history? In Young King, Lerone Martin offers a new understanding of the preacher and activist's life by turning to his formative years. Until now, we have almost presumed that his path to greatness was a foregone conclusion. But the truth is more complicated. Lerone Martin strips away the mythos and gets to King's roots--his days as 'Little Mike' on Auburn Avenue, his academic struggles and flashes of brilliance, summers spent in the tobacco fields of Connecticut, his first experiences of racism and encounters with the police, his teenage missteps and adventures in love, and his winding road to seminary. We witness King in his search for a name, an identity, a God, a partner, and a life. Compassionately told and diligently researched, Young King is a testament to how history shapes a leader and a reminder that our heroes--like ourselves--are human, extraordinary and ordinary at once"-- Dust jacket flap.

Contents:

Introduction

Part one: Finding a name. Little Mike ; 501 Auburn Avenue ; Church ; Play ; Big words ; Saved ; The talk ; Fight ; A dreamer

Part two: Finding himself. Mama ; Agnostic ; A tough guy ; Basketball ; Dating ; School shooting ; The bus

Part three: Finding God. Terminal station ; The price of the ticket ; The Jim Crow car ; The curtain ; Simsbury ; Malcolm ; First congregation ; A bitter feeling

Part four: Finding a life. A Morehouse man ; struggle for the crown ; Down to business ; The police ; Minister ML King ; An American teenage boy ; Juanita ; Reverend ML King Jr. ; Commencement

Part five: Finding a wife. Crozer ; Will you marry me? ; Jewelle ; Coretta ; Montgomery

A partial reconstruction of Martin Luther Kin Jr.'s early reading list.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-407) and index.

ISBN:

9780063340947

0063340941

OCLC:

1531314163

Publisher Number:

90104535348

CIPO000373917