Martin Luther King Jr. : fighting for civil rights

Title:

Author:

Platt, Christine A., 1976- author.

ISBN:

9780593124567

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

168 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Series Term:

Trailblazers

Trailblazers (New York, N.Y.)

Contents:

A leader is born -- Young man on a mission -- Boycotting segregation -- A movement begins -- The fight for civil rights -- The March on Washingon -- A new America -- An American hero.

Summary:

"On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to more than 250,000 people in Washington, DC about his dream of racial equality. His message of peaceful protest inspired a generation to stand up for their rights. Find out how a boy who was not allowed to go to school or the movies with white people blazed a trail in civil rights"--Publisher

Personal Subject:

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968-Juvenile literature.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

Subject Term:

Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

Civil rights workers.

Baptists.

African Americans -- Civil rights.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.