Lewis had reached a decision that
he had never imagined would be his to make. He had been asked to consider writing Martin Luther
Kings biography just two weeks before. As he was drafting the letter of acceptance, the news of the
Lorraine Motel tragedy was announced. Suddenly, what had begun as primarily a fascination with
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an exercise in professional craft-a competent work unrelated to his own specialty-became a passion
for comprehension of the true significance of Martin King and, through him, something of the nitty-
gritty reality of blackness, collective and personal, in America.
This book, like any other, had its strong points and its weak points. Authors dont want to
have weak points, but its a hard thing to do. The less week points your book has the better the
book will be. The book KING: A Critical Biographies there is both strong and weak points, but what
makes this book good is that there are a greater amount of strong points then there are weak ones.
The are lots of strong points about this book, but only the strongest will be pointed out.
KING: A Critical Biography is a very well writte
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There was a lot fewer weak points then there were strong points. All of the weak points will
his book with numerous reasons why. Earlier he was saying he was never stirred by any man. That
The author of the book puts none of this in, and to the writer of this paper that is very disappointing.
he had never imagined would be his to make. He had been asked to consider writing Martin Luther
the book from an African-American author, or he interviewed a relative of an African-American.
bottom, that reads, . . . black passengers shook their heads commiseratively and muttered the
Luther Kings life and how he lived it. The author uses very descriptive words and sentences, he
injustice.Another strong point from the book would have to be the fact that the author went into
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