What was it like growing up as a son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.' This memoir by Martin Luther King III provides insight into one of history's most fascinating families and into a special bond...
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Author: King, Martin LutherSummary:
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Author: Bader, BonnieSummary:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation,...
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Author: Adler, David A.Summary:
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...
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Author: Tate, Eleanora E.Summary:
The children of Gumbo Grove Elementary School discover the contributions of many famous Afro-Americans during Black History Month.
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Author: King, Martin LutherSummary:
This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King Jr., from his inspirational "I Have a Dream" to his fiery "Give Us the Ballot...
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Author: King, Martin LutherSummary:
His speeches stirred a generation to change - and outlined a practical way to economic freedom and true democracy. His words would help bring about the end of a brutally unequal system - and would...
Genre: Discursive works, Social science -
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Major thinkers engage with King's less studied writing, arguing its marginalization has let King be drafted into projects he would not endorse.
Genre: Essays, Philosophy, Political science -
Author: King, Martin LutherSummary:
Original recordings of King's sermons; some also read by Keith David and Jay Gregory. Each is introduced a prominent spiritual leader.
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Author: Phillips, Donald T.Summary:
Chronicles the leadership style of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.during the most tumultuous period in America's recent past. Offers a powerful lesson that can be applied to life, business or any...
Genre: History and geography -
Author: Margolick, DavidSummary:
No two public figures were more crucial in the drama of race relations in this era than Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Fifty years after they were both murdered, noted journalist...
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Author: Tubbs, Anna MalaikaSummary:
Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther, and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the...
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Author: Bausum, Ann.Summary:
Bausum revisits 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, to examine how the sanitation workers' strike set the scene for one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatest speeches. It would also be the site of his...
Genre: Juvenile nonfiction -
Author: Honey, Michael K.Summary:
With novelistic drama and rich scholarly detail, Michael Honey brings to life the magnetic characters who clashed on the Memphis battlefield: stalwart black workers; fiery black ministers;...
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Author: Stone, Nic.Summary:
"Powerful, wrenching.” –JOHN GREEN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down
"Raw and gripping." –JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American...
Genre: Young adult fiction, General fiction -
Author: Jackson, Steven ElliottSummary:
In 1964, a white man walks into a public restroom in a Washington, DC park looking for sex. The next man who enters is a black man. In what seems at first to be a simple encounter, The Seat Next...
Genre: Canadian drama