Who On Earth Was Martin Luther King, Jr? The Real Story Behind the Legend of Civil Rights Movement One spring day in 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., stood at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and described a dream. It was an address that would define not only a man but an era. And yet, like many icons, the myth has long since outpaced the man. We know the outline by heart. A Baptist minister from Atlanta who led marches, confronted dogs and fire hoses in Birmingham, and won the Nobel Peace Prize and survived a bullet in the chest in Memphis. But beyond the grainy black-and-white footage and commemorative postage stamps is a human being who was more than just an icon of justice, but a canny strategist, and at times, a radical thinker, and a deeply conflicted soul. What we rarely ask is how. How did the son of a preacher raised in the segregated South emerge as the moral voice of a generation? How did so many Americans — black and white, rich and poor, conservative and liberal — come to regard him not simply as a leader but as the nation’s conscience? Grab a copy of this book now!
