Kenro izu biography of martin luther king

There are countless books on Martin Luther King Jr., and it comes with good reason, he was a Baptist minister who advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character,” he famously remarked from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

In order to get to the bottom of what inspired one of history’s most consequential figures to the height of societal contribution, we’ve compiled a list of the 20 best books on Martin Luther King Jr.

Bearing the Cross by David Garrow

Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F.

Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews, access to