A brief biographical sketch of Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest figures in the American civil rights movement.

Using simple text, presents the life and accomplishments of the great civil rights leader.

This extraordinary union of poetry and monumental artwork captures the movement for civil rights in the United States, and honors it's most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott.

A simple biography of a great black leader emphasizing his dream of equal treatment for all Americans.

It was 1961. John Lewis and Jim Zwerg are two young men boarding a bus and heading south for Montgomery, Alabama and the thick of the brewing Civil Rights struggle. They are idealists, committed to justice and equality and full of hope for change. This is their Freedom Ride. Arriving in town, suddenly they find themselves helpless in the clutches of an angry white mob armed with bats, chains, and hammers. Both men are beaten within an inch of their...

Examines the life and career of the Baptist minister who supported the use of nonviolent resistance to discrimination and describes his involvement in many important events in the civil rights movement.

A biography of the Baptist minister who spent much of his life pursuing his dream of equal treatment for fellow African Americans and for all people.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the revered civil rights worker.

Briefly recounts the life of the black minister who devoted his life to civil rights and discusses the national holiday in his name: Martin Luther King Day celebrated on the third Monday of every January.

Examines the system of segregation that existed in the United States until the mid-twentieth century and discusses the civil rights movement that changed this system.