Format:
Book
Author:
Clayton, Ed, 1921-1966, author.
Title:
Martin Luther King : the peaceful warrior / Ed Clayton ; illustrated by Donald Bermudez.
Edition:
First Candlewick Press edition.
Publisher, Date:
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
Description:
xiii, 114 pages : color illustrations, music ; 21 cm
Summary:
An account of the civil rights leader's life explores his personal struggles to bring social justice and equality to his people through peaceful means.
Subjects:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
1900-1999
African Americans -- Biography.
Civil rights workers.
Baptists -- Clergy.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Social Activists.
NONFICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- African American.
African Americans.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Baptists -- Clergy.
Civil rights workers.
United States.
Genre:
Biography.
History.
Juvenile works.
Other Author:
Clayton, Xernona, writer of foreword.
Bermudez, Donald, illustrator.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-114).
Contents:
Foreword [by Xernona Clayton] -- The hard way up -- The ghetto and the church -- School days -- Think before you act -- The dream begins -- The choice -- Getting ready -- The dream unfolds -- The spark catches -- Walking for freedom -- We shall overcome -- I have a dream -- The prize is won -- Free at last -- Afterword -- "We shall overcome" music and lyrics -- A short bibliography on books on black people and the Civil Rights Movement.
LCCN:
2017940754
ISBN:
9780763674717
0763674710
Other Number:
1013542170
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
326498
Call Number:
921 KING
Course Reserves:
0
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