from Kdd026

This true recalling of Martin Luther King's life journeys is a powerful story that can relate to 5th or 6th grade. Many interesting grand conversations can arise from the deep issues and concerns this story brings to surface.

from etxgardener

Dr. Cjayborne Carson's book is the story of how he became the editor of the papers of Martin Luther King, how he dealt with preserving and perpetuating the legacy of Dr. King and finally his somewhat turbulent relations with the King family. In the first half of the book, Dr. Carson tells his own...

from EMYeak

This is the memoir of Clayborne Carson who was selected by Coretta King to edit the papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on the title, I had expected to read more about King and his dream. As a young college student, Carson took a bus to the March on Washington in August, 1963. From there, thi...

from quaintlittlehead

Clayborne Carson writes in this book of how a critic proclaimed that his "Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr." was incorrectly titled. I would say that this volume is even more so. Carson's journey is practically hidden in the sandwich of "Martin's Dream" and "the Legacy of Martin Luther Kin...

from 3wheeledlibrarian

I enjoyed this book. Now, this is partly because I am a hybrid, both a historian and a librarian. The story of Clay Carson's growth as a historian of the civil rights era was very interesting to me. Anyone who is interested in the nuts and bolts of how history is written, and how events move from...