Martin luther king jr bio pdf
Martin luther king jr bio pdf
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Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the late civil rights leader on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast
Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer.
On a Jan.
3 episode of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast, Jonathan Eig, author of the biography King: A Life, spoke about the late leader, and noted that he didn’t have plans to become one when he joined the Montgomery Bus boycott in 1965.
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“He wasn't even asked to become the president yet," the author added. "He was just asked to be the spokesman because he hadn't been around long enough to make enemies, so people thought he might be able to unite the community, and they already knew that he was a terrific speaker.”
“So King steps up to the podium at Holt Street Baptist Church on Dec.
5, 1955 and gives this incredible speech, and it's the fi