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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: In youth, Martin Luther King Jr. faced racial and economic injustice firsthand.
Chapter 3: In college, King honed his theological and philosophical worldviews.
Chapter 4: Amid the Montgomery bus protests, King emerged as a new civil rights leader.
Chapter 5: As the struggle increasingly took a personal toll, King found strength in his faith.
Chapter 6: As the movement spread across the South, King refined his nonviolence strategy.
Chapter 7: King quickly rose as an icon on the global stage.
Chapter 8: The March on Washington signaled a profound shift in America’s consciousness.
Chapter 9: As the struggle wore on, King’s philosophy of nonviolence became harder to sell.
Chapter 10: King was empathetic yet critical of Malcolm X and the Black Power movement.
Chapter 11: Before being assassinated, King fought to end war and poverty.
Description
The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1998) is a firsthand account of the life and work of one of the most important figures in recent American history: Martin Luther King Jr. Assembled from his writings, letters, interviews, and speeches, this autobiography tells of King’s journey from Christian minister in the segregated South to leading figure of the civil rights movement.
Who Should Listen
- History and political buffs
- Citizens concerned with issues of racial, social, and economic justice
- Anyone looking to educate themselves on Black American history