"The first full biography in decades, "King" mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times"-- Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.--and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist...

Profiles the civil rights leader, discussing his career as a pastor, his fight for African American rights, and his legacy.

"El pequęo Martin creci̤ en una familia de predicadores: su padre era predicador, su t̕o era predicador, su abuelo era predicador... as̕ que tal vez ̌l tambǐn se convertir̕a en un gran predicador. Un d̕a, un amigo lo invit̤ a jugar a su casa. Martin se sorprendi̤ cuando su madre no lo dej̤ entrar porque era negro. Ese d̕a se dio cuenta de que algo terriblemente injusto estaba pasando. Martin cre̕a que nadie deber̕a quedarse callado y...

"Before Raphael Warnock became a pastor and the first Black senator from Georgia, he was a little boy whose father told him to get up, get dressed, put on his shoes, and get ready! So that's what he did, along every step of his journey. From his work boots to his marching band shoes to his shiny lace-ups, Senator Reverend Warnock found the right shoes to fit his feet and to carry him toward his dreams. This inspirational story, with bold, brilliant...

An account of the civil rights leader's life explores his personal struggles to bring social justice and equality to his people through peaceful means.