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The six guiding beliefs of Martin Luther King Jr.

Have you ever heard a speech or read a letter and wondered about its deeper meaning? Martin Luther King Jr.'s powerful speeches and writings inspired and influenced the US civil rights movements.

This book tells of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., who became a twentieth-century civil rights leader.

First published in 1962, Negroes with Guns is the story of a southern black community's struggle to arm itself in self-defense against the Ku Klux Klan and other racist groups. Frustrated and angered by violence condoned or abetted by the local authorities against blacks, the small community of Monroe, North Carolina, brought the issue of armed self-defense to the forefront of the civil rights movement. Under the leadership of Robert F. Williams (1925-1996),...

Traces the life and achievements of the Baptist pastor who became a driving force behind the African American civil rights movement.

"The granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King delivers a stirring tribute to her grandparents that speaks to children everywhere about her hopes for a new future"--

Describes the life of Martin Luther King and the origin and celebration of the holiday in his honor.

Describes the life, work, and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., proponent of change through non-violence.

Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was. Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King's revolutionary...