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Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
xi, 400 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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An autobiography of the Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr., compiled and edited from articles, essays, speeches, sermons, letters, and other sources, examining his private and public life and describing his involvement in many important events in the civil rights movement.
Compiled from his own words, this autobiography of Martin Luther King shows how the mild-mannered, inquisitive child and student rebelled against segregation and was fired...
Author
Series
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was. Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King's revolutionary...
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1989
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.
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Language
English
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"Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend--but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out. Then...
Author
Series
America in the King years volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
xiv, 746 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on the American Civil Rights Movement.
In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith, recounting the climactic struggles as they commanded the national stage.
Author
Series
America in the King years volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster pbk ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 1039 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive biography of the last three years of Martin Luther King's life describing the challenges to his leadership and his nonviolent philosophy.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
373 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of the time, and a blow-by-blow examination of the assassination and its aftermath."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"You can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall. You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience. Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, Carole Weatherfor's poetic text encapsulates the moments that readers today can reenact in their own lives. See a class of young students as they begin a school project inspired by...
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