Martin Luther King, Jr.

Marshall Frady

Dec 2001 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Marshall Frady

About this audiobook

Marshall Frady, the reporter who became the unofficial chronicler of the civil rights movement, here re-creates the life and turbulent times of its inspirational leader. Deftly interweaving the story of King’s quest with a history of the African American struggle for equality, Frady offers fascinating insights into his subject’s magnetic character, with its mixture of piety and ambition. He explores the complexities of King’s relationships with other civil rights leaders, the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover, who conducted a relentless vendetta against him. The result is a biography that conveys not just the facts of King’s life but the power of his legacy.

About the author

Marshall Bolton Frady (1940 – 2004) was a journalist and author particularly known for his work on the African-American civil rights movement in the American South.