This book showed him as both a man and the legend. I really appreciated that it covered all aspects of King's character and life. Although I read about his activities while they occurred, I realized that I did not have a sense of the overall arc of his life's activities in the causes of equal rights, peace and the end of poverty. This book takes you across state lines, onto buses, through city marches, overseas, and in his personal life. This may have been the first bio to report about King’s depression and sexual affairs. It's fine. That introductory note is partly to explain why I only recently read this biography, first published in 1982.I am a part of a book discussion group that our church has, and this book was a recent selection for discussion. This book provided the narrative I needed to read. It seems those that rated the book low were already well-acquainted with the civil rights movement and were looking for deeper insights, while those that gave it 5 stars had never read a book on the subject before and were captivated by the story of King's life for the first time. His accomplishments were manifold.
This may have beenA balanced biography of King which integrates a number of original interviews, sources, key texts and speeches. If your knowledge about him is limited as mine was, I recommend you do the same.The only things I knew about M.L.K.Jr., was what I was taught in school. by Harper Perennial Let the trumpet sound the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1st ed. The description of MLK's corpse is numbing, a bit clinical, and powerfully depressing. Oates does a great job of blatant foreshadowing, amping up the reader's angst. I loved that it was realistic. In the introduction, Oates toots his own horn quite a bit about the fact that he was one of the first people to write about King's infidelities and the FBI's illegal and immoraIt's fine. As the season comes to a close, we wante...On April 4th, 1968 a shot rang out in the Memphis sky bringing to a close the life of the last great American hero, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jnr.On April 4th, 1968 a shot rang out in the Memphis sky bringing to a close the life of the last great American hero, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jnr.Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.I found myself unacceptably ignorant of the Civil Rights Movement. I am a part of a book discussion group that our church has, and this book was a recent selection for discussion.
I had to read this for school (actually only chapters 5 and 8). It was good.. well written. Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr. He is an expert in 19th-century United States history.A former professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The book stands on it's own as a moving and inspiring 5 star read. Too often MLK has been put on a pedestal. And after resding this book, that information was not enough. As such, I knew (or at the time cared) little of the events and its recognized leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus, the movement became somewhat overshadowed by the events in Vietnam. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
In the introduction, Oates toots his own horn quite a bit about the fact that he was one of the first people to write about King's infidelities and the FBI's illegal and immoral surveillance of King, but he really doesn't get much mileage out of it.
I’d like to read more by this author. I found this book to be quite honest and liked how the author explained certain moments. We lost a true (but admittedly human) hero when MLK was taken from us in 1968. The author did a good job of presenting the facts about King's life in a way that I felt was fair and professional, leaving all interpretations up to the reader. Obviously the subject matter is something you want to read in the first place which gives it a head start but I’m sure we’ve all read some duff biogs.This is my second very big biography of Dr. King (the first was the Pulitzer Prize winning This is my second very big biography of Dr. King (the first was the Pulitzer Prize winning This is an easy to read, well written biography.
This may have beenA balanced biography of King which integrates a number of original interviews, sources, key texts and speeches. If your knowledge about him is limited as mine was, I recommend you do the same.The only things I knew about M.L.K.Jr., was what I was taught in school. by Harper Perennial Let the trumpet sound the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1st ed. The description of MLK's corpse is numbing, a bit clinical, and powerfully depressing. Oates does a great job of blatant foreshadowing, amping up the reader's angst. I loved that it was realistic. In the introduction, Oates toots his own horn quite a bit about the fact that he was one of the first people to write about King's infidelities and the FBI's illegal and immoraIt's fine. As the season comes to a close, we wante...On April 4th, 1968 a shot rang out in the Memphis sky bringing to a close the life of the last great American hero, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jnr.On April 4th, 1968 a shot rang out in the Memphis sky bringing to a close the life of the last great American hero, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jnr.Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.I found myself unacceptably ignorant of the Civil Rights Movement. I am a part of a book discussion group that our church has, and this book was a recent selection for discussion.
I had to read this for school (actually only chapters 5 and 8). It was good.. well written. Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr. He is an expert in 19th-century United States history.A former professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The book stands on it's own as a moving and inspiring 5 star read. Too often MLK has been put on a pedestal. And after resding this book, that information was not enough. As such, I knew (or at the time cared) little of the events and its recognized leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus, the movement became somewhat overshadowed by the events in Vietnam. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
In the introduction, Oates toots his own horn quite a bit about the fact that he was one of the first people to write about King's infidelities and the FBI's illegal and immoral surveillance of King, but he really doesn't get much mileage out of it.
I’d like to read more by this author. I found this book to be quite honest and liked how the author explained certain moments. We lost a true (but admittedly human) hero when MLK was taken from us in 1968. The author did a good job of presenting the facts about King's life in a way that I felt was fair and professional, leaving all interpretations up to the reader. Obviously the subject matter is something you want to read in the first place which gives it a head start but I’m sure we’ve all read some duff biogs.This is my second very big biography of Dr. King (the first was the Pulitzer Prize winning This is my second very big biography of Dr. King (the first was the Pulitzer Prize winning This is an easy to read, well written biography.