{"product_id":"pre-order-5-5-26-release-young-king-the-making-of-martin-luther-king-jr-by-lerone-martin","title":"Young King: The Making Of Martin Luther King Jr. by Lerone Martin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRevelatory, humanizing, and compassionate, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYoung King\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e unearths:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMLK's Childhood on Auburn Avenue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEarly Encounters with Racism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: his early experiences of segregation and the summers he spent on a Connecticut tobacco farm, his first trip outside the Jim Crow South\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCollege Life at Morehouse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: his transformative time at Morehouse, playing basketball, hosting parties, studying sociology, and joining the Ministers’ Union\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePath to Seminary and Activism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYoung King\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes rarely seen black-and-white photographs of an adolescent MLK from his high school days and college years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53025422311740,"sku":"9780063340947","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/81DuGN1EZxL._SL1500.jpg?v=1777557425","url":"https:\/\/frugalbookstore.net\/products\/pre-order-5-5-26-release-young-king-the-making-of-martin-luther-king-jr-by-lerone-martin","provider":"Frugal Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}