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Martin’s big words

2007

by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier

A picture book biography introduces the ideas and accomplishments of a gifted and influential speaker by using some of his own words to tell the story

The story of Ruby Bridges

2010

by Robert Coles and George Ford

For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960

Talkin’ about Bessie

2002

by Nikki Grimes and Earl B. Lewis

A biography of the woman who became the first licensed African American pilot

Sojourner Truth

2008

by Suzanne Slade and Natascha Alex Banks

A biography of Sojourner Truth, who fought for the abolition of slavery and women's rights in nineteenth-century America.

My brother Martin

2006

by Christine King Farris and Chris K. Soentpiet

Looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as seen through the eyes of his older sister. Looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as seen through the eyes of his older sister. "Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down." Long before he became a world-famous dreamer, Martin Luther King Jr. was a little boy who played jokes and practiced the piano and made friends without considering race. But growing up in the segregated South of the 1930s taught young Martin a bitter lesson--little white children and little black children were not to play with one another. Martin decided then and there that something had to be done. And so he began the journey that would change the course of American history

Martin’s dream day

2017

by Kitty Kelley

Recounts Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, describing the hardships and triumphs King encountered along his journey

Preaching to the chickens

2016

by Jabari Asim and Earl B. Lewis

"Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis give readers a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. John wants to be a preacher when he grows up a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So he preaches to his flock, and they listen, content under his watchful care, riveted by the rhythm of his voice. Celebrating ingenuity and dreaming big, this inspirational story, featuring Jabari Asim's stirring prose and E. B. Lewis's stunning, light-filled impressionistic watercolor paintings, includes an author's note about John Lewis, who grew up to be a member of the Freedom Riders, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and demonstrator on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and is now a Georgia congressman"--|cProvided by publisher

My Uncle Martin’s big heart

2010

by Angela Farris Watkins and Eric Velasquez

A young girl introduces readers to her uncle, Martin Luther King Jr., describing what he does and family moments they have shared

Love will see you through

2015

by Angela Farris Watkins and Sally Wern Comport

The niece of Martin Luther King Jr. reveals six timeless and universal principles that encompass the civil rights leader's greatest legacy, reinforcing the truth that "the universe honors love."

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