Martin Luther King Jr Reflection

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life. By Marshall Frady. 2002. P. 216 Martin Luther King Jr.: A Life is a in depth book that delineates Martin Luther King’s journey to discovering his passion and responsibility for civil rights justice. This book portrays King as a common man, not just a celebrity, but a liberated leader. It thoroughly explains King’s life story. King’s life struggles are explained to deepen the understanding of his story, struggles such as; his relationship with his father, his criminal record, his rivalry with fbi inquisitor Hoover and his involvement in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. All of these endeavors each show how they lead him to be a stronger man. The book shows his life from childhood to death in purpose

People interested the Civil Rights Movement would enjoy this book, because it brings up many protests that King either denied or took a part in such as sit-ins, freedom rides and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It explains his roles and decision making process while giving small history lessons on each event. People in psychology would find this book interesting because it delineates how each of his life events led him to be the civil rights hero we all celebrate and remember. It explains how each aspect of his life helped him uncover his passion for civil rights justice. The gun shots from white supremacists at his home caused him to become a peaceful and driven spirit by showing him the real brutality of violence, but by also angering him to take action. His father grappling with Atlanta’s segregationist society disappointed him so deeply that he left his father to pursue an independent career in civil rights justice, making him more fearless and courageous. While serving time in Birmingham Jail, he wrote response letters to clergymen who had threatened him, his time in jail caused him to become reflective and eloquent. His return to become his father’s protector gave him the lesson of forgiveness. All of these traits is what made him such a prominent leader with many followers and supporters. His supporters would also favor this book because it is a very in depth biography of his life, it shows him in a

is about true and real life events. However, when Marshall Frady writes about King, he is portraying him in a positive light. He wrote with the bis that King was a victim and a persevering fighter. Frady commends King for his selflessness, determination and hard work, Frady supports this bias throughout the biography by giving King the voice he had always fought for by quoting him, showing that his actions were always kind-hearted and humane, despite their outcome and showcasing the threshold of his great intelligence. No maps or pictures were used in this biography, however they were not needed. Frady’s choice of stories and vivid details explain the ideas well and are easy for the reader to comprehend. Pictures and maps are not relevant to the book because the stories show King’s personal decisions and thought processes to them. It’s a glimpse into his mind, where pictures and maps are not needed to