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Publisher
Button Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Great lives in graphics reimagines the lives of extraordinary people in vivid technicolor, presenting 250+ fascinating facts. You may already know that Marin Luther King Jr. gave an important speech, but did you know he loved to play pranks on his sister? Or that he was once called Michael? This graphic retelling of Martin's story gives children a visual snapshot of his life and the world he grew up in, while educating them on everything from the...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A revealing and dramatic chronicle of the twelve months leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination Martin Luther King, Jr. died in one of the most shocking assassinations the world has known, but little is remembered about the life he led in his final year. New York Times bestselling author and award-winning broadcaster Tavis Smiley recounts the final 365 days of King's life, revealing the minister's trials and tribulations -- denunciations...
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Language
English
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From journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campaign—ten weeks that would shape the course of the Civil Rights Movement and the future of America.
It's one of the iconic photographs of American history: A Black teenager, a policeman and his lunging German Shepherd. Birmingham, Alabama, May of 1963. In May of 2020, as reporter Paul Kix stared at a different photo–that of a Minneapolis
27) King: a life
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"The first full biography in decades, "King" mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times"--
30) We march
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012
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Language
English
Description
Illustrations and brief text portray the events of the 1963 march in Washington, D.C., where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a historic speech.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Language
English
Formats
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"The defense lawyer for Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, the Selma marchers, and other civil rights heroes reveals the true story of the historic trial that made Dr. King a national hero. Fred D. Gray was just twenty-four years old when he became the defense lawyer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a young minister who had become the face of the bus boycott that had rocked the city of in Montgomery, Alabama. In this incredible history, Gray takes...
32) I am MLK Jr
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Following his journey across the mountaintops and valleys while capturing the Civil Rights Movement at large, the film provides intimate, firsthand insights on Dr. King, exploring moments of personal challenge and elation, and an ongoing movement that is as important today as when Dr. King first shone a light on the plight of his fellow African Americans.
Author
Series
America in the King years volume 1
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to more than 250,000 people in Washington, DC about his dream of racial equality. His message of peaceful protest inspired a generation to stand up for their rights. Find out how a boy who was not allowed to go to school or the movies with white people blazed a trail in civil rights."-- provided by publisher.
36) Killing King: racial terrorists, James Earl Ray, and the plot to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this new 2022 high-definition program, be inspired as you learn all about the man behind the federal holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? What were his contributions to the civil rights movement? What was the significance of Dr. King's Letters from a Birmingham Jail? What was the purpose of the March on Washington in 1963? What was the message conveyed in Dr. King's famous 'I Have a Dream' speech? How and why do...
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