In 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Alabama. In 1955, he organized the Montgomery Bus Protest, ushering in the first of the major Civil Rights protests in America. The poignancy of his "I Have A Dream" speech during the March on Washington brought about the ratification of the 24th amendment and The Civil Rights Act of 1964. And when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the prize money went into the Civil Rights Movement. Long after his assassination in 1968, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lives on.
- The Civil Rights Movement was a time of drastic change in America. From the end of Reconstruction, when blacks were denied their rights in the South, through the Montgomery bus boycott and Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, to the election of the first black president of the United States, witness the events that forever changed the way we look at race.
Dr. King's bestselling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during 1963
A Call to Conscience is a milestone collection of Dr. King's most influential and best-known speeches.
Chronicles the last 31 hours of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life as he seeks to revive the non-violent civil rights movement and push to end poverty in America.
"A vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with King's death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassination On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. At the time of his murder, King was a polarizing figure--scorned by many white Americans, worshiped by some African Americans and liberal whites, and deemed irrelevant by many black youths. In The Heavens Might Crack, historian Jason Sokol traces the diverse responses, both in America and throughout the world, to King's death. Whether celebrating or mourning, most agreed that the final flicker of hope for a multiracial America had been extinguished. A deeply moving account of a country coming to terms with an act of shocking violence, The Heavens Might Crack is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand America's fraught racial past and present"-- Provided by publisher.
Taylor Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of King's rise to greatness and illuminates the stunning courage and private conflict, the deals, maneuvers, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history behind closed doors, at boycotts and sit-ins, on bloody freedom rides, and through siege and murder.
Epic in scope and impact, Branch's chronicle definitively captures one of the nation's most crucial passages.
Words to inspire, music to celebrate: this book-and-CD set comprises remembrances of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as freedom songs inspired by the Civil Rights movement.
From the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., the inspiring minister, and civil rights activist.
An illustrated edition of Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech.
Presents illustrations and the text of the speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, in which he described his visionary dream of equality and brotherhood for humankind.
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