This intimate, honest, and revealing portrait provides new insight into Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and introduces a woman whose importance in the Movement has been long overlooked. 30 photos.

Personal secretary, aide, confidante, and trusted friend to Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Dora McDonald had a unique place in his private and professional life. This memoir recalls her life in the Movement, working alongside Dr Benjamin Mays, Andrew Young, and Ralph David Abernathy, among others, and provides unprecedented access to the inner life of Dr King. Over the eight years she spent with King at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta, until his death in 1968, McDonald was with him through the key protests, imprisonments, and sermons. But it is her unique exposure to King's quiet domestic moments, private concerns, and late-night conversations that give this memoir its singular perspective. This intimate, honest, and revealing portrait provides new insight into Dr King and introduces a woman whose importance in the Movement has been overlooked for too long.