Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

ISBN-13:	9780448447230
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	12/27/2007
Series:	Who Was? Series
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	19,489
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	750L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

The story of one of the most influential civil rights activist of our time. 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 nonviolent and peaceful tactics even when his life was threatened, King was also an advocate for the poor and spoke out against racial and economic injustice until his death—from an assassin's bullet—in 1968. With clearly written text that explains this tumultuous time in history and 80 black-and-white illustrations, this Who Was? celebrates the vision and the legacy of a remarkable man.