{"product_id":"king-of-the-north-5","title":"King of the North","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author, a radical reframing of the life and work of MLK\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Martin Luther King Jr. of popular memory vanquished Jim Crow in the South, but award-winning and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e–bestselling historian Jeanne Theoharis argues that King’s time in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago—outside Dixie—was at the heart of his campaign for racial justice. In a starred review, \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e highlights the book’s “stellar” writing, and reveals that King of the North “makes a persuasive case that Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign for racial justice has been significantly misrepresented.”\u003cp\u003eIn this bold retelling, “Theoharis depicts a complex, radical King whose fight against Northern racism alternately inspires and infuriates” (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review). King emerges here as someone who not only led a movement but who showed up for other people’s struggles; a charismatic speaker who also listened and learned; a Black man who experienced police brutality; a minister who lived with and organized alongside the poor; and a husband who—despite his flaws—depended on Coretta Scott King as an intellectual and political guide in the national fight against racism, poverty, and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n      \u003cp\u003eIn a book \u003cem\u003eDemocracy Now!\u003c\/em\u003e calls “a major reexamination of the civil rights leader,” \u003cem\u003eKing of the North\u003c\/em\u003e speaks directly to our struggles over racial inequality today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57533139386712,"sku":"9798893851083","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9798893851083.jpg?v=1781783181","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/king-of-the-north-5","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}