Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968)
Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. King, a chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a federal holiday and is always observed the third Monday in January.
Here is some literature about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.
A first-hand account of the author’s lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.
Describes the apartheid South in Martin Luther King’s time, which in many ways was not very different from the early days of slavery, with descriptions of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the formation of civil rights groups, and mass movements against segregation.
Chronicles the life of the civil rights leader from his recovery from a knife attack, to the controversy in Birmingham, to the March on Washington.
Presents Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most important writings and speeches—carefully selected by educators across a variety of disciplines—in an accessible, user-friendly volume that includes 19 selections, with an introduction by the award-winning author who is also serving as the Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.