Martin Luther King, Jr.

Books for all ages about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Updated January 12, 2024
Jessamine County Public Library
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A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Adler, David A.
Paper Book
The story of the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
The Cart that carried Martin
Bunting, Eve
Paper Book
The strength and spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. permeates this picture book about Dr. King's funeral in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1968. Quiet yet affecting, THE CART THAT CARRIED MARTIN, is a unique tribute to the life of a man known world-wide for his outstanding efforts as a leader of the...
King : a life
Eig, Jonathan
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY A finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award | Named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Time A New York Times...
We march
Evans, Shane.
The radical King
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Paper Book
A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X "The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies. . . . The response of the radical King to our...
You have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live : ten weeks in Birmingham that changed America
Kix, Paul
Paper Book
From journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campaign--ten weeks that would shape the course of the Civil Rights Movement and the future of America. It's one of the iconic photographs of American history: A Black teenager, a...
Gospel of freedom : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter from Birmingham Jail and the struggle that changed a nation
Rieder, Jonathan.
Paper Book
"I am in Birmingham because injustice is here," declared Martin Luther King, Jr. He had come to that city of racist terror convinced that massive protest could topple Jim Crow. But the insurgency faltered. To revive it, King made a sacrificial act on Good Friday, April 12, 1963: he was arrested....
Chasing King's killer : the hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin
Swanson, James L.
Paper Book
An astonishing account of the assassination of America's most beloved and celebrated civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, by New York Times bestselling author, James L. Swanson with an introduction by John Lewis. NAACP Image Award Nominee Chicago Public Library...

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