by Martin Luther King Jr., Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
A detailed biography written soon after its subject's tragic death. The appendixes include texts of some of King's most famous speeches.
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was a clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the American civil rights movement. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Prize for his work to end racial segregation and discrimination through nonviolent means.
KADIR NELSON is the acclaimed illustrator of Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom and Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, both Caldecott Honor books. His other titles include We Are the Ship, a Robert F. Sibert Medal winner and Coretta Scott King Award recipient, and Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African-Americans.
ISBN: 9780375858871
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
Binding: Hardcover
Copyright Date: 2012
Pub Date: October 09, 2012Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Pages: 40
-African Americans -Civil rights
-Civil rights movements -United States
-History