{"product_id":"young-king-the-making-of-martin-luther-king-jr","title":"Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a preeminent King scholar, the origin story of the man, minister, and civil rights hero who would lead the nation and change the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe know who Martin Luther King, Jr. became, but who was he at the beginning of his life? How did his youth inform his outlook and activism?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Martin Luther King, Jr. was a civil rights leader, a Nobel Laureate, and a global hero, he was an emotional boy, a middling high school student devoted to fashion, dancing, and dating. Lerone A. Martin, Faculty Director of the Martin Luther King Institute at Stanford University, traces these roots to develop a fuller understanding of the influential preacher’s emotional life, his youthful confusion about his future and career direction, his teenage missteps, and his inspiration to fight for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevelatory, humanizing, and compassionate, Young King unearths:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e * MLK's Childhood on Auburn Avenue: his days as “Little Mike\"—the ever-eager middle child and a precocious prankster—spent at Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Auburn Avenue Library in Atlanta\u003cbr\u003e * Early Encounters with Racism: his early experiences of segregation and the summers he spent on a Connecticut tobacco farm, his first trip outside the Jim Crow South\u003cbr\u003e * College Life at Morehouse: his transformative time at Morehouse, playing basketball, hosting parties, studying sociology, and joining the Ministers’ Union\u003cbr\u003e * Path to Seminary and Activism: his winding path to seminary and the co-development of his activist consciousness, his spiritual devotion, and his relationship with Coretta, his wife-to-be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs America undergoes another era of turmoil and change, this powerful biography provides a vital roadmap for how greatness comes to light. This essential work is a testament to how history shapes a leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung King includes rarely seen black-and-white photographs of an adolescent MLK from his high school days and college years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53211764293939,"sku":"9780063340947","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/1108\/1267\/files\/9780063340947.jpg?v=1775676651","url":"https:\/\/slantoflightbooks.com\/products\/young-king-the-making-of-martin-luther-king-jr","provider":"Slant of Light Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}