Martin Luther King Jr.

<p><b>This accessible up-to-date and timely biography of Martin Luther King Jr. offers readers a fresh approach to King's life achievements </b><b>and lasting contributions to civil rights social justice and American history</b><b>.</b> Jamie J. Wilson's richly informed narrative follows King's early life as the son of a noted Baptist preacher in Atlanta to his adulthood as the most visible influential and controversial leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1960s. <p/>Going beyond the typical cradle-to-the-grave biography Wilson situates King within and alongside the major events that King helped define including the push for desegregation equal rights for Black Americans and the antiwar movement. Chapters are organized chronologically and a supplementary chapter Why Martin Luther King Jr. Matters takes up King's ongoing cultural and historical significance. Additionally carefully chosen Cultural Connections are placed throughout the text to help students draw lines between King's life and the social political and intellectual currents with which King was and remains synonymous.</p>