What Would Martin Say?

When the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, , the world lost one of the greatest moral authorities of the twentieth century.
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Coming to Las Vegas: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition January 1, Language: Related Video Shorts 0 Upload your video. Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this first hand account of times spent with Dr. King, but also insights as to what his take would be on many of our current events by a man who would definitely know.

Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I thought this was a very insightful book. If you were a fan of Martin, you could imagine him speaking with an unbiased opinion. This book is an eye-opening intellectual window in the thinking of MLK, Jr. This book proves that Martin was more than a dreamer, but a optimistic doer, thinker and prophetic intellect for the 21st century in the American Democracy for all people.

One person found this helpful. I am so pleased to review this enlightning book, I was so informed, and I am more informed because of it! This attorney has so many on- hand experiences to share with the world! He tells it straight and from a balanced perspective. If you're hoping to find out the political views of the author, Clarence B. Jones, this is the book for you. Or if you'd like to be outraged by a former colleague of Martin Luther King using MLK's legacy to endorse a number of right-wing talking points 40 years after his death, this is also the book for you. I'll save you a read.

According to Jones, Martin Luther King would: Especially given that he spends so much of the next chapter constructing his own Willie Horton ad for Islamic terrorism. The first chapter starts off promising: Jones recounts his conversations with King, and King recruited him to join the civil rights movement. But as I continued to read, my skepticism rose.

Jones' tether to what MLK said and did begins to stretch more. By halfway through the book, every time I read "what Martin would say is While the entire book is Jones writing about Jones, the first chapter is the only one where he's honest about this. This is a book of Clarence B. Jones' political views, and that is fine.

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But the more I read and the more I saw him using his association with King to put his words into the four-decade-cold mouth of King, the more unconscionable it became. Wide spans of the book don't even bother with trying to justify why s King would agree with s Jones based on Kings words and actions which arguably would often be quite the opposite. Islamic terrorism and the war in Iraq, reparations for slavery, anti-Semitism, affirmative action, illegal immigration, and the vacuum of African American leadership.


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Delving deep into his memories of the man he worked closely beside, and with help from the King Institute at Stanford University and reams of formerly top-secret and now declassified FBI files, Jones offers the guidance and insight his friend and mentor would have provided for us in these troubled times. Many Americans today know of Martin Luther King only from video clips and history books. As Jones so aptly reminds us, this legendary figure was also a warm human being full of life—and more relevant now than ever.

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Be the first to ask a question about What Would Martin Say? Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. May 16, Demetria rated it really liked it Shelves: This book is part bio, part informed fiction Jones gives readers alot of interesting anecdotal background about MLK that really helps to flesh out the man behind the legendary moniker.

Using his intimate knowledge of King's thoughts and rationale, Jones presents what he believes would be King's opinions on many of today's pre This book is part bio, part informed fiction Using his intimate knowledge of King's thoughts and rationale, Jones presents what he believes would be King's opinions on many of today's pressing issues like immigration, war and contemporary black leadership.

Nevertheless, this book is a good read and extremely well-written.


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    5. There are some beautiful, lean, rhythmic sentences in this book. Sep 26, Stacy rated it liked it. Apr 07, Betsy rated it it was ok. Clarence Jones speaks his mind but I would caution him in publishing something that only gives white people more ammunition when it comes to Civil Rights issues. He blames his own race for many of the issues they face. I know a lot of white conservatives who would love this book, and that scares me. Apr 28, Jen rated it liked it Shelves: This book looked like an interesting read when I found it at the library a couple months ago.

    It did turn out to be an interesting read. However, I had one major qualm with this book. Mostly, I guess the whole premise, though intriguing, is a bit maddening. It would be interesting to think about what Martin Luther King, Jr. However, at the same time, part of me thinks that maybe it's best not to put words in another person's mouth, This book looked like an interesting read when I found it at the library a couple months ago.

    However, at the same time, part of me thinks that maybe it's best not to put words in another person's mouth, especially someone who is unable to respond to what is being said. At the same time, though, it just doesn't seem right for him to say, "This is what Martin would have said. Because of the things he taught me, this is what I believe about the following issues. At the same time, though, I do believe this book could have been greatly improved by not putting words in Martin Luther King's mouth.


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    Mar 14, Steve rated it really liked it. Very well written book and someone who knen Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    Interesting perspective in Mr. Jones' writing in that he tells the story as he beleives MLK would have seen different current issues such as racisim, terrorism, affirmative action and others. Recommended to James by: Dennis Prager, radio talk show host. Having seen how so many have co-opted M L King's words for there particular political or social agenda, it is refresing to interpret through those who lived, prayed, suffered and worked with M L King what his response to todays issues might be.

    Mar 12, Solkon rated it really liked it.