A disarmingly candid and moving memoir by the youngest son of slain civil rights champion, Martin Luther King, Jr. Dexter King, who would grow up to eerily resemble his legendary father, Martin Luther King, Jr., and display some of the same eloquence, was seven years old when an assassin's bullet took his father's life. Dexter tried to find courage in his father's example of selfless heroism, but as his shattered childhood ripened into adolescence, the weight of 'the King legacy' pressed down ever more heavily. Only in his early 30s did he confront 'the legacy' head on, and when he did, he discovered what his father was trying to tell him-and us-about what really matters. Replete with remarkable insights into what families of 'fallen heroes' must contend with, as well as surprisingly intimate moments and fresh reflections on race in America, this is a truly extraordinary book.