Growing Up King, Dexter Scott King
Growing Up King, Dexter Scott King
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Growing Up King
An Intimate Memoir

Author: Dexter Scott King

Narrator: Dexter Scott King

Abridged: 6 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2005


Synopsis

In the bestselling tradition of such family portraits as Brooke Hayward's Haywire and Christopher Dickey's Summer of Deliverance comes a disarmingly candid memoir from the youngest son of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dexter King was only seven when an assassin's bullet took his father's life, shattering the boy's childhood. And as he stumbled into adolescence, both the tragedy and the weight of living up to "the King legacy" would exact an additional toll. Challenged with undiagnosed A.D.D. and rocked once again by his grandmother's murder, King became emotionally isolated and, in his early 30s, sought answers from an inspiring source: the teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. Now, in this intimate portrait, Dexter King reveals for the first time what it was like growing up in the shadow of greatness, and how his father's lessons continue to inspire and inform his own ideas on race in America today.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dhs on December 13, 2014

Dexter King's Memoir is a little bit rough reading at times, but because of who is writing it, and what it is all about, I enjoyed the book. It seems like there is a continuous wrestling match between Dexter the ordinary man with his alter-ego the son of MLK. It's quite a tall order, to be like dad,......more

Goodreads review by Tiffany on March 21, 2024

This is a interesting story and I enjoyed learning something about the family that I did not know. This is a book that is better to physically read yourself. I listened to it on audible and it was really hard to get through. I usually enjoy listing to biographies or Memoir being read by the author b......more

Goodreads review by Adrienna on March 01, 2009

There is an emotional rollercoaster that Dexter had to face after his father's shooting. He did not grieve nor cry when it happened at a young age, later affected his adulthood, where he had to see a spiritual counselor to heal. He also acknowledged when he was seeking the truth about his father's a......more