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Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life (Penguin Lives Biographies)
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life (Penguin Lives Biographies) Paperback - 2005

by Frady, Marshall

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Re-creating the life and turbulent times of the civil rights movement's inspirational leader, the author offers fascinating insights into his subject's magnetic character and explores the complexities of King's relationships with other civil rights leaders, the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and the FBIUs J. Edgar Hoover.

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  • Title Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life (Penguin Lives Biographies)
  • Author Frady, Marshall
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, London
  • Date 2005-12-27
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 31UI56006213_ns
  • ISBN 9780143036487 / 0143036483
  • Weight 0.37 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.1 x 5.16 x 0.6 in (18.03 x 13.11 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, African Americans - Civil rights - History -
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Summary

Marshall Frady, the reporter who became the unofficial chronicler of the civil rights movement, here re-creates the life and turbulent times of its inspirational leader. Deftly interweaving the story of King’s quest with a history of the African American struggle for equality, Frady offers fascinating insights into his subject’s magnetic character, with its mixture of piety and ambition. He explores the complexities of King’s relationships with other civil rights leaders, the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover, who conducted a relentless vendetta against him. The result is a biography that conveys not just the facts of King’s life but the power of his legacy.

From the publisher

Marshall Frady (1940–2004) was a veteran journalist who wrote for Newsweek, Harper’s, and The New Yorker. He was also a correspondent for Nightline and ABC News. His books include Wallace, a biography ofGeorge Wallace, and Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson.

First line

ALMOST A GEOLOGICAL age ago, it seems now-that great moral saga of belief and violence that unfolded in the musky deeps of the South during the civil rights movement of the fifties and sixties.

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Media reviews

"Just the introductory chapter... is worth a good nineteenths of all the literature the movement produced or inspired." —Arkansas Times



"Commendable... An excellent introduction to that man who was King." —Los Angeles Times

About the author

Marshall Frady (1940-2004) was a veteran journalist who wrote for Newsweek, Harper's, and The New Yorker. He was also a correspondent for Nightline and ABC News. His books include Wallace, a biography ofGeorge Wallace, and Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson.

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