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Get an exclusive preview of What is My Legacy at People.com

People.com is offering readers an inside look at What is My Legacy: Realizing a New Dream of Love, Connection and Fulfillment, the upcoming book by Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King, Marc Kielburger and Craig Kielburger.  

  

What is My Legacy introduces the idea of a Living Legacy, a new framework that redefines how individuals can build meaningful legacies through everyday actions. It’s a powerful idea that emphasizes that even small, daily efforts can leave an enduring impact, encouraging personal and community transformation. 

  

The upcoming release features contributions from notable figures including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Melinda French Gates, Julia Roberts, Dan Rather, Rev. Al Sharpton, Simon Sinek, Yara Shahidi and many others.  

  

Look for What is My Legacy to hit shelves January 14, 2025

 

This remarkable work offers readers a chance to hear the stories that inspired both the book and the Realize the Dream movement, including the moment a young Martin hears of the death of his father:  

  

Walter Cronkite’s calm voice echoed through the King’s Atlanta home, delivering the heartbreaking news to 10-year-old Martin: His dad had been shot on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where he’d gone to support striking African American sanitation workers. Upon hearing the announcement, Martin recalls running to his mom’s bedroom with his brother and sisters, hoping beyond hope it wasn’t true. Her TV was on low. Coretta Scott King had been on the phone with Andrew Young, Dr. King’s top lieutenant, who witnessed the shooting. Martin was shot in the neck, he told her. It’s pretty bad. Bring someone with you.   

  

As Martin’s mother raced to the airport, their home filled with friends anxiously waiting for more news, hoping for the best, expecting the worst, which would come soon enough.   

  

For more of this exclusive excerpt, head over to People.com

 

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