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AN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE BOOK CLUB BESTSELLER
"A rich . . . retelling of King's life . . . a compelling account."-The Wall Street Journal
"An engaging, detailed examination . . . that goes a long way in humanizing the American hero's public image."-The Atlanta Journal Constitution
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I was delighted when author Lerone Martin extended my earlier connection between Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes and Martin Luther King, Jr. to find— through his own resourcefulness— that King began reciting Hughes’s poetry as early as ten years old when he was a 5th grade student in Miss Lemon’s class in Atlanta. For any Tina Fey | 30 Rock fans, Miss Lemon’s first name was (unbelievably) . . . Elizabeth!
Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King, Jr, portrays a wide-smiling King dancing the Charleston in front of his classmates while he recites a Hughes poem about…
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