From Literary Hub At some point during Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1944 train trip from Atlanta to Simsbury, Conn., the hungry, rambunctious teenager left the company of his fellow Morehouse students and went to the state-of-the-art dining car to enjoy Southern Railway’s fine dining on wheels. He had no idea what was awaiting him. The tagline of the Southern Railway Company was “Southern serves the South.” The company motto referred to more than just geography, but also the “Sou

From BookPage This revealing, vividly told biography illuminates a fact worth remembering: Our greatest leaders do not emerge fully formed in the moment in which they are most needed, but are molded by family, community and education. Martin’s captivating Young King shows how these influences and experiences “coalesced to produce a man, a minister, and a dreamer who changed the world.” Read more ...

From New York Post A Stanford professor looks at the early years of “Little Mike” to better understand what fueled him and who he became. The book also includes rarely seen photos from the civil rights icon’s high school and college days.