The Preacher King investigates Martin Luther King Jr.\'s religious development from a precocious "preacher\'s kid" in segregated Atlanta to the most influential America Preacher and orator of the twentieth century.
By returning to the raw sources, Lischer reca.
To give the most accurate and intimate portrait possible, Richard Lischer draws almost exclusively on King\'s unpublished sermons and speeches, as well as tape recordings, personal interviews, and even police surveillance reports.
The Preacher King investigates Martin Luther King Jr.\'s religious development from a precocious "preacher\'s kid" in segregated Atlanta to the most influential America Preacher and orator of the twentieth century