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"A vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with King's death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassination On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. At the time of his murder, King was a polarizing figure--scorned by many white Americans, worshipped by some African Americans and liberal whites, and deemed irrelevant by many black youth. In The Heavens...
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"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.
4) Dear Martin
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Dear Martin volume 1
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English
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"Justyce McAllister is top of his class at Braselton Prep, captain of the debate team, and set for an Ivy League school next year- but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. He's eventually released without charges (or an apology), but the incident rattles him. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood, he can't seem to escape the scorn of his former peers or the attitude of his new classmates. The only exception: Sarah...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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This picture book adaptation of her critically acclaimed adult memoir paints a vivid portrait of the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a singular 20th-century American civil and human rights activist who fought for justice against all odds, becoming an unforgettable champion of social change.
10) We dream a world
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Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King delivers a stirring tribute to her grandparents that speaks to children everywhere about her hopes for a new future"--
11) March: Book one
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Series
March volume 1
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Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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This graphic novel is Congressman John Lewis' first-hand account of his lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Book One spans Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville...
12) We march
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English
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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.
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Español
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"Martin Luther King Jr. creci�o siendo discriminado debido al color de su piel. Camina en sus zapatos para aprender acerca de sus vivencias de ni�no. Aprende sobre c�omo Martin us�o las protestas pac�ificas para convertirse en uno de los m�as grandes l�ideres de derechos civiles del mundo."--P. [4] of cover.
Martin Luther King Jr. grew up being discriminated against because of the color of his skin. Learn how Martin used peaceful protests...
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020, 2020
Language
English
Description
"The Sword and the Shield is a dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King that transforms our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders. Peniel E. Joseph reveals a nuanced portrait of two men who, despite markedly different backgrounds, inspired and pushed each other throughout their adult lives. This is a strikingly revisionist biography, not only of Malcolm and Martin, but also of the movement and era...
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Parallax Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"The never-before-told story of the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh-icons who changed each other and the world The day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a heartbroken letter to their mutual friend Raphael Gould. He said: "I did not sleep last night. . . . They killed Martin Luther King. They killed us. I am afraid the root of violence is so deep in the heart and mind and manner...
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Who inspires you? Who do you think has changed the world? ... For better or for worse? Throughout history, there have been those whose extraordinary ideas have shaped today's world. Essential Lives offers access to these incredible individuals and their stories. Learn about their families and educational backgrounds. Study what inspired them. Read how they overcame challenges and persevered through failure to impact humanity. Delve in and discover...
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Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
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Description
For Black History Month, Ana & Andrew join a research group at the Community Center. They learn many interesting things about Martin Luther King Jr.! Later, with the help of some other children, they make one of Martin's famous dreams come true. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Author
Publisher
[Dream Books?]
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
This story of the King family -- their stormy, God inspired, romantic and often adventurous lives, adapts its title from Mark 3:17 of the Bible, because A. D. and Martin King were fiery preachers. It explores provocative episodes of the civil rights movement, in large part through the remembrances that A. D. King shared with his daughter Alveda. "Sons of Thunder" examines the civil rights movement's triumphs against extraordinary odds and the human...
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