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Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In this introductory biography, the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is related through spare narrative and King's own words. The book includes King's rememberances from his childhood in the segregated South, his role in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s, and his assassination in 1968. It ends by pointing out that King's words remain an inspiration today.

Type: Book: Non-Fiction • Grade Level: 4 - 6: Upper Elementary
Categories: African Americans  Civil Rights Movement  Racism  Social justice  US History 
Keywords: biography  Martin Luther King Jr.  nonviolent protest  vocabulary development 

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