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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King Jr., edited by Clayborne Carson
King's writings assembled into a first-person life: Montgomery, Birmingham, Washington, Selma, Memphis. The nearest thing to his memoir.
Read it if…
you want King's story in his words.
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Skip it if…
you want a biography; see King: A Life.
Try instead: Strength to Love →
Three things you will actually use
- Faith sustains the fight.
- Nonviolence is strength.
- The arc bends with effort.
Do this first
Read the Montgomery chapters.
Our verdict
King, in his words.
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