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Martin Luther King, Jr. by Marshall Frady: Viking Penguin, 2002. Pp. 216. Reviewed by _________________. As many people are aware, Martin Luther King, Jr. fame rises from the civil rights movement, his very influential, memorial speeches, and his leadership for protesting for equality. He is a hero to many. As I read and reread the book written by Mr. Frady I ask myself over and over what was his purpose in writing this biography. The only answer I can come up with is that Mr. Frady attempted to tell the entire truth from a non-prejudicial point of view. He had nothing to gain or to lose by doing so. I believe Mr. Frady wanted to depict every aspect of Martin Luther King, Jr’s life so people would get a full image from the beginning to the end, not just a partial picture of him in which many of us have. Some of the things that Mr. Frady talked about were offensive to me as a reader because I did not know that part of Martin Luther King, Jr’s life. I have only heard all of the positive things about him. Others were more detailed than I have ever read or heard. One issue in particular was during his school years. Mr. Frady depicts Martin Luther King, Jr. as being very studious, however, he also gave the image of