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A review by inkerly
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr., Clayborne Carson
4.0
I initially starting reading the ebook but switched to audio format after a recommendation from someone I follow. First off, absolute kudos to the team who put this autobiography together. For those who do not know, it is not a direct account from Dr. King himself, but a string of his essays and speeches about his life and movement that were carefully pieced together by his descendants and historians. The ebook version I will admit did feel a little stunted in portraying the emotional weight of King's story, but the audio is touching. It is so powerful and I was moved by how he grew up, got through school, and used his faith and teachings to help the greater good. I also learned a lot about Dr. Martin Luther King's ever growing ideology on race and class, capitalism, civil disobedience, and his evolutionary stance on systemic racism. The only thing short of great about this book is of course - it is still more of a biography and there were still parts where I felt could have been dived into deeper and with more resonance had it come from King directly.