Martin Luther King: The Peaceful Warrior

Follow the inspiring life of Martin Luther King Jr. in a moving, vital, and informative book by an author and an illustrator with close ties to Dr. King's family.

Martin Luther King Jr. devoted his life to helping people, first as a Baptist minister and scholar and later as the foremost leader in the African-American civil rights movement. An organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott and cofounder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. As a result of his actions, the United States Congress passed the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964. This book's powerful story and important message, originally published in 1964, remain as relevant today as they were more than fifty years ago. With a new foreword by the author's widow, Xernona Clayton, the text has been reviewed and updated for a new generation and features striking new illustrations by Donald Bermudez.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 12/12/2017
ISBN: 9780763674717
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.80h x 6.10w x 0.60d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 12/01/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 190 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 29762 / Martin Luther King: The Peaceful Warrior
Reading Level: 7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 2