Martin Luther King: Pilgrimage To The Mountaintop
In King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop, Harvard Sitkoff discussed the high and low points of the prominent leader Martin Luther King Jr. who fought for the civil rights movement. The author shares with us each step that Martin Luther took in order to gain success. This biography focuses on the success and failures that Martin Luther King faced since birth till his assassination. It also focuses on the struggles that he faced to fight for freedom and civil rights, not just for blacks but for everyone.
Martin Luther King Jr., who was originally named Michael King or “Little Mike”, was born on January 15, 1929 in Georgia to Alberta Williams King and Michael King. 1 Coming from a family of preachers, King’s family expected him to become a preacher as well. Since the early days of Martin Luther’s life, his family implanted the religious beliefs in him and taught him to oppose segregation. After attending many public schools and skipping 9th grade, King passed the entrance exam for Morehouse …show more content…
“The bullet – shot out of a high-velocity rifle from the rooming house opposite the motel – smashed through King’s neck, exploded his right cheek and jaw, and severed his spinal cord.”10 Sitkoff’s last words convinces us that a shot that was aimed by many but, fired by one only took away his life, but kept his words alive in us.
In King: The Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop, Harvard Sitkoff presents a relevant and radical king. Martin Luther’s life events such as, fight for desegregation, Alabama march, project confrontation, and freedom rides, serves as an evidence of him being a prominent leader and a radical king which also supports Sitkoff’s thesis. The primary source that sitkoff used to support his thesis were the letters and books by Martin Luther. Moreover, he also used secondary sources such as, Clayborne Carson, David J. Garrow, Taylor Branch, the King center in Atlanta and many
Martin Luther King Jr., who was originally named Michael King or “Little Mike”, was born on January 15, 1929 in Georgia to Alberta Williams King and Michael King. 1 Coming from a family of preachers, King’s family expected him to become a preacher as well. Since the early days of Martin Luther’s life, his family implanted the religious beliefs in him and taught him to oppose segregation. After attending many public schools and skipping 9th grade, King passed the entrance exam for Morehouse …show more content…
“The bullet – shot out of a high-velocity rifle from the rooming house opposite the motel – smashed through King’s neck, exploded his right cheek and jaw, and severed his spinal cord.”10 Sitkoff’s last words convinces us that a shot that was aimed by many but, fired by one only took away his life, but kept his words alive in us.
In King: The Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop, Harvard Sitkoff presents a relevant and radical king. Martin Luther’s life events such as, fight for desegregation, Alabama march, project confrontation, and freedom rides, serves as an evidence of him being a prominent leader and a radical king which also supports Sitkoff’s thesis. The primary source that sitkoff used to support his thesis were the letters and books by Martin Luther. Moreover, he also used secondary sources such as, Clayborne Carson, David J. Garrow, Taylor Branch, the King center in Atlanta and many