Martin Luther King Jr Civil Rights Summary

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The book I'm reading is titled is“Martin Luther King Jr, Leader for Civil rights”. It is a biography on Martin Luther King Jr.
The book discusses many aspects of his life. The book starts off at the March on Washington. This was a rally that was aimed to get people to pass an act that would be essential for the success of the civil rights movement. It then goes on to explain his family and childhood. He had two siblings, lived in a two story house, and lived a normal life (aside from the discrimination). A series of events occur that allow M.L to attend college before graduating high school. He decided get a major in sociology and a minor in English. As time went on, Martin learned about a lady named Coretta Scott. He called her, flirted a little bit, and long story short, this lead to their marriage. Both Martin and Coretta ended up moving to Montgomery .
Martin earned his Ph.D in June of 1955. Martin now had more time so he’d go to NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) This was a civil rights organization. He was involved with many things for it such as a protest against the arrest of a lady who sat across from a white man and refused to get up on the bus. And once the Rosa Parks Incident happened, Martin and others
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It wasn’t the most entertaining book but it wasn’t the most boring book. It was great to learn a lot more about Martin Luther King and what he did. I wish the book would’ve focused more on the big events. For example, I would’ve liked it if they included more about the march on Washington instead of just starting off the story with it. It was the event I was most interested in. Also the book seemed to go too much in depth with certain events that were quite small. I understand how that might be good for some people, but for me it's too much information all at once. Overall the book was alright. It’s a bit boring at moments but tolerable. All books have their positives and