Riley B. King grew up poor in the Jim Crow South, losing his mother young and working in the cotton fields as a boy, but music was always calling to him. Could the gift of music carry one determined boy all the way from Mississippi to the top of the world?
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a special speech to a school full of young people, sharing his vision for how they could build meaningful, excellent lives. What would your life's blueprint look like?
This book tells the story of Lewis Michaux Sr. and his Harlem bookstore, a gathering place where people like Malcolm X, Langston Hughes, and Muhammad Ali came together to share ideas and inspire change.
