Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Book Talk by author Lerone A. Martin

We know who Martin Luther King, Jr. became, but who was he at the beginning of his life?

In this powerful biography, Dr. Lerone A. Martin, Faculty Director of the Martin Luther King Institute and Director of the Martin Luther King, Papers Project at Stanford University traces the events that made the man, not the events that made the man famous. Young King highlights how King went from being a wavering, agnostic teenager to an anchor of the nation’s spiritual and moral life. As America undergoes another era of turmoil and change, this powerful biography provides a vital roadmap for how greatness and leadership are built, not born.

Co-sponsored by St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto