Martin Luther King, Coleen Degnan-Veness
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Martin Luther King, Coleen Degnan-Veness
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eng
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individual biography
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non fiction
Main title
Martin Luther King
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Coleen Degnan-Veness
Series statement
Pearson English readers. Level 3
Summary
Martin Luther King had a dream. He wanted blacks and whites to live together happily. But in America in the 1950s and 1960s, all men were not equal. King led peaceful protests against the government and won changes for the blacks of America. But has King's dream really come true today?
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- "I have a dream" -- From enemy to friend -- From slavery to freedom -- The King family -- King and the Montgomery bus boycott -- Peaceful fighters against violence -- Montgomery's famous preacher -- We won't let blacks in! -- The country's most segregated city -- The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner -- King wants voting rights now! -- Defenders of violence -- Riots, war, and trouble -- King is murdered -- African-Americans today -- Martin Luther King Day -- Activities
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adult
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