Martin Luther King, Coleen Degnan-Veness
Type
Label
Martin Luther King, Coleen Degnan-Veness
Language
eng
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Martin Luther King
Oclc number
230992411
Responsibility statement
Coleen Degnan-Veness
Series statement
Penguin readers. Level 3
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?"--Back cover
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- "I have a dream" -- 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
Target audience
juvenile
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- Biographies
- Readers (Adult)
- Readers for new literates
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature
- Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Friends and associates -- Juvenile literature
- Readers (Elementary)
- Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American abolitionists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Textbooks
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers
- United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- High interest-low vocabulary books
- Literature
- Social reformers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Biographies
- Readers (Adult)
- Readers for new literates
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature
- Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Friends and associates -- Juvenile literature
- Readers (Elementary)
- Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American abolitionists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Textbooks
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers
- United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- High interest-low vocabulary books
- Literature
- Social reformers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Content1
- Author1
- Is Part Of1
- Mapped to1