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Martin was arrested and his house was bombed. As a result, Martin helped to organize a boycott of the public transportation system in Montgomery. She was arrested and spent the night in jail. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.

In his first major civil rights action, Martin Luther King, Jr. Later, they would have four children including Yolanda, Martin, Dexter, and Bernice. He had a younger brother and an older sister. Martin's dad was a preacher which inspired Martin to pursue the ministry. After getting his degree in sociology from Morehouse, Martin got a divinity degree from Crozer Seminary and then got his doctor's degree in theology from Boston University. He started his college education at Morehouse College at the young age of fifteen.

He was so smart that he skipped two grades in high school. was born in Atlanta, GA on January 15, 1929. He is considered one of the great orators of modern times, and his speeches still inspire many to this day. He hoped that America and the world could form a society where race would not impact a person's civil rights. He led non-violent protests to fight for the rights of all people including African Americans. was a civil rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s.

Best known for: Advancing the Civil Rights Movement and his "I Have a Dream" speech.

But this book isĪ valuable reminder that on those subjects and occasions when he could not have borrowed his words, King was consistently eloquent and polished, a master of word and effect, possessed of a voice that was unmistakable and true. What is missing, of course, is the cohesive narrative and balanced perspective of a true autobiography. Each chapter includes a helpful chronology of the eventsĬovered, and an opening sentence or two of King's that defines the principle or significance of what follows.

Wife, Coretta, describing his incarceration at Georgia's Reidsville Prison and a three-paragraph box ''On Richard Nixon'' from a letter written in 1958. Kennedy Presidential Library with his statement to a judge rejecting release on bail, a letter to his For example, a chapter on King's arrestĪt an Atlanta lunch counter demonstration during the 1960 Presidential campaign combines King's taped interview for the John F. Of Religious Development'' in manuscript and other documents scattered in various archives and in the 14 volumes of the Martin Luther King Jr. Carson has done a good job of selecting letters, news interviews, an ''Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.,'' Clayborne Carson's mistitled but otherwise worthy compilation of King's autobiographical writings and statements. That sad truth diminishes the value of ''The Autobiography Ne of the tragedies of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life is that he did not live to write an autobiography. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.