Review: A Walk with a Legend
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2014
This book, “Martin Luther King, Jr.: Life Lessons from the King Who Had a Dream”, chronicles the life of civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. The author, Larry Berg, takes the reader on a journey, from King’s birth in 1929, until his assassination in 1968. He leads us through King’s life, starting with King’s first introduction to the idea of equality, by his minister father, who was the president of the NAACP, while King was growing up. Each chapter in King’s life is relayed with extreme detail, yet remains succinct and easy to read. The book goes on to discuss King’s time at both Morehouse College and Boston University School of Theology, where he received his doctorate. The infamous Montgomery Bus Boycott allows the reader to witness the making of a legend. Each chapter brings us inevitably closer to King’s death in 1968, following the March on Washington. Berg’s ability to pull the reader in is amazing. This book is both informative and interesting.