The older sister of the slain civil rights leader looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., a little boy who played practical jokes and made friends without any consideration to race. Reprint.

Looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as seen through the eyes of his older sister.

A young boy remembers the Saturdays when he was nine or ten and he would ride his bicycle to his Ma'am-maw's house, where they spent the day together mowing the lawn, picking vegetables, eating lunch, and making delicious teacakes.

Product Description: SO BEGINS AUTHOR Lester Laminack's poetic memory of the adult who made him feel incredibly special--his grandmother. Every Saturday, the narrator, a young boy, rides his bicycle up and down country roads past farms, a graveyard, and a filling station, until he reaches his beloved Mammaw's house...read more