Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Updated January 12, 2024
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A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Adler, David A.
Paper Book
An introduction to one of the most outstanding Americans of the twentieth century, perfect for young readers. Born in 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up to become a civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped African Americans win...
King : a comics biography
Anderson, Ho Che.
Paper Book
Ho Che Anderson has spent over 10 years researching, writing and drawing King, a monumental graphic biography that liberates Martin Luther King Jr. from the saintly, one-dimensional image so prevalent in pop culture. Here is Dr. King - father, husband, politician, deal broker, idealist, pragmatist,...
Only light can do that : 60 days of MLK : devotions for kids
Crayton, Lisa A.
Paper Book
Through Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s words and Bible verses, kids will discover that Dr. King's Christian faith was the foundation for his activism and that God calls us to stand up for justice and love. This illustrated children's devotional will inspire the next generation...
King : a life
Eig, Jonathan
Paper Book
Hailed as "the most compelling account of [Martin Luther] King's life in a generation" by the Washington Post, the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller is now adapted for young adults in this new standard biography of the most famous civil rights activist in American History.
The words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Paper Book
Includes 120 excerpts from speeches, sermons, and writings, and chronology.
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...
Judgment days : Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the laws that changed America
Kotz, Nick.
Paper Book
Opposites in almost every way, mortally suspicious of each other at first, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr., were thrust together in the aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Both men sensed a historic opportunity and began a delicate dance of accommodation that moved...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Marx, David F.
Paper Book
The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world...and right in their own backyards.
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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