Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights. Maintaining nviolent and peaceful tactics even when his life was threatened, King was also an advocate for the poor and spoke out against racial and ecomic injustice until his deathafrom an assassinas bulletain 1968. With clearly written text that explains this tumultuous time in history and 80 black-and-white illustrations, this Who Wasa]? celebrates the vision and the legacy of a remarkable man.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Perfection Learning
ISBN-10
0756989353
ISBN-13
9780756989354
eBay Product ID (ePID)
183835091
Product Key Features
Author
Bonnie Bader
Format
Hardback, Library Binding
Language
English
Topic
Children's General Non-Fiction
Additional Product Features
Illustrator(s)
Elizabeth Wolf
Series Title
Who Was...?
Content Note
Black & White Line Drawings
Date of Publication
01/01/2008
Country of Publication
United States
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