Martin Luther King, Jr.

Overview

I have a dream. Those rousing words, spoken by Martin Luther King, Jr. at an historic civil rights rally in Washington, D.C., brought hope to those who listened: hope that in the future there might not be two Americas--one black and one white--but instead a country united, with justice for all. Here is King's inspiring story, which began in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929 and came to a tragic end on April 4, 1968 when an assassin fatally shot him. The pastor of a small Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama, King became the driving force of the civil rights movement when he led a black boycott of the city's bus lines. His philosophy of nonviolence, and his breathtaking eloquence, helped free African Americans from decades of oppression and finally won them the rights--and opportunities--they deserved.

Details

Publisher

Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published

2008

Pages

124

Language

EN

Categories

Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural & Regional, Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Religious, Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists, Juvenile Nonfiction / African American & Black, Juvenile Nonfiction / History / General

ISBN-13

9781402744396