Patrick Parr is a historian whose work has appeared in "The Atlantic," "The Japan Times" and "Kyoto Journal," among others. His first book, "The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age," is a biography about MLK's life before the Montgomery Bus Boycott. When not writing, Patrick enjoys basketball, tennis and traveling with his wife around the Pacific Rim.
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