| ISBN |
9781405881944 paperback |
| Name |
Degnan-Veness, Coleen author. |
| Title |
Martin Luther King / Coleen Degnan-Veness. |
| Edition |
Pearson English Readers edition. |
| Published |
Harlow, Essex : Pearson Education Limited, 2008. |
| ©2003 |
| Description |
46 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 20 cm |
| Notes |
Includes comprehensive questions and activities. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- "I have a dream" -- King's early life -- From enemy to friend -- From slavery to freedom -- The King family -- King and the Montgomery bus boycott -- Peaceful fighters against violence -- Montgomery's famous preacher -- We won't let blacks in! -- The country's most segregated city -- The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner -- King wants voting rights now! -- Defenders of violence -- Riots, war, and trouble -- King is murdered -- African-Americans today -- Martin Luther King Day -- Activities. |
| Summary |
"Martin Luther King had a dream. He wanted blacks and whites to live together happily. But in America in the 1950s and 1960s, all men were not equal. King led peaceful protests against the government and won changes for the blacks of America. But has King's dream really come true today?"-- Backcover. |
| Target audience note |
Adult ESL pre-intermediate students. |
| Reading Program Note |
Level 3. 1200 headwords. |
| Language note |
Text in American English. |
| Subjects |
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., 1929-1968 -- Biography |
| African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century |
| Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century |
| Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography |
| Social reformers -- United States -- Biography |
| African American abolitionists -- United States -- Biography |
| High interest-low vocabulary books |
| English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers |
| Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc |
| Readers for new literates |
| United States -- 20th century -- Biography |
| United States -- Race relations |
| Genre |
Biographies |
| Readers (Adult) |
| Easy to read (green : intermediate) |
| Series |
Pearson English readers. Level 3 |
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