| ISBN |
9781445140698 (paperback) |
| Name |
Ganeri, Anita, 1961- author. |
| Title |
I have a dream : Martin Luther King and the fight for equal rights / Anita Ganeri. |
| Published |
London : Franklin Watts, 2015. |
| ©2015 |
| Description |
48 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 27 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes index. |
| Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Martin Luther King -- 1929-1944 Birth and early life -- 1944-1951 A brilliant student -- 1 December 1955 Arrest of Rosa Parks -- 20 December 1956 End of the bus boycott -- 20 September 1958 Brush with death -- Early 1960 Back to Atlanta -- 1960 Student sit-ins -- 1961-1963 Segregated cities -- May 1963 The battle for Birmingham -- 28 August 1963 March to Washington -- 28 August 1963 "I have a dream" -- 1963 Washington and afterwards -- 1964 Acts and awards -- 1965 Project Alabama -- 21-25 march 1965 Selma to Montgomery -- January 1966 The Chicago campaign -- 3 April 1968 Flight to Memphis -- 4 April 1968 A fatal bullet -- 9 April 1968 Free to last -- Martin Luther King's legacy: fruits of the non-violent struggle -- Martin Luther King's legacy: Mandela to MLK day. |
| Summary |
I Have A Dream: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Equal Rights tells the remarkable story of Dr King's leadership of non-violent efforts to overcome appalling institutionalised racism and prejudice. Presented in a graphic, magazine-style format, the book follows King's life from his childhood in Atlanta to the March on Washington in 1963 and his assassination in 1968. The book concludes with a look at the legacy of Dr King's leadership. |
| Subjects |
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature |
| Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
| Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature |
| African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
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