{"product_id":"book-s1so","title":"Young King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a preeminent King scholar, the origin story of the man, minister, and civil rights hero who would lead the nation and change the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe know who Martin Luther King, Jr. became, but who was he at the beginning of his life? How did his youth inform his outlook and activism?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Martin Luther King, Jr. was a civil rights leader, a Nobel Laureate, and a global hero, he was an emotional boy, a middling high school student devoted to fashion, dancing, and dating. Lerone A. Martin, Faculty Director of the Martin Luther King Institute at Stanford University, traces these roots to develop a fuller understanding of the influential preacher’s emotional life, his youthful confusion about his future and career direction, his teenage missteps, and his inspiration to fight for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevelatory, humanizing, and compassionate, \u003ci\u003eYoung King\u003c\/i\u003e unearths:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMLK's Childhood on Auburn Avenue\u003c\/b\u003e: his days as “Little Mike\"—the ever-eager middle child and a precocious prankster—spent at Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Auburn Avenue Library in Atlanta\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEarly Encounters with Racism\u003c\/b\u003e: his early experiences of segregation and the summers he spent on a Connecticut tobacco farm, his first trip outside the Jim Crow South\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCollege Life at Morehouse\u003c\/b\u003e: his transformative time at Morehouse, playing basketball, hosting parties, studying sociology, and joining the Ministers’ Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePath to Seminary and Activism\u003c\/b\u003e: his winding path to seminary and the co-development of his activist consciousness, his spiritual devotion, and his relationship with Coretta, his wife-to-be\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs America undergoes another era of turmoil and change, this powerful biography provides a vital roadmap for how greatness comes to light. This essential work is a testament to how history shapes a leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSupplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harlequin Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":66564286021936,"sku":"BDs1so","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":66564285956400,"sku":"ZEs1so","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":66564285989168,"sku":"ZMs1so","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/s1so-Square-cover.jpg?v=1782509493","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-s1so","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}