Wednesday, January 14, 2009

An American Hero

Eighty years ago this week, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He would go on to inspire the world with his passionate appeals for peace and equality before he was tragically killed in 1968. If you’d like to learn more about this American hero check out some of these items that are available in the library.

Books
At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 by Taylor Branch

The Dream: King at Washington by Drew D. Hansen

Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign by Michael K. Honey

I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. by Marshall Frady

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 by Taylor Branch

Partners to History: Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and the Civil Rights Movement by Donzaleigh Abernathy

Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65 by Taylor Branch

To the Mountaintop: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Sacred Mission to Save America, 1955-1968 by Stewart Burns

Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr.

DVDs
Citizen King

Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream

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