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Author:

McLean, Alan C.

Title:

Martin Luther King. / Alan C. McLean.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

72 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Readers (Adult)
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Reading comprehension--Problems, exercises, etc.
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968.--Biography.
African Americans--History.

Notes:

"First published in Oxford Bookworms, 2008"--T.p. verso.

Contents:

The man from Alabama -- Growing up in the South -- Slaverty and the South -- War in America, and after -- Learning -- The Montgomery bus boycott -- Big trouble in Little Rock -- A new start? -- From Birmingham to Washington -- 'This country is sick!' -- 'I'm Black and I'm proud!' -- 'Black and white, unite and fight!' -- Death in Memphis -- Still dreaming.

Summary:

The U.S. in the 1950s and 60s was a troubled place. Black people were angry, because they did not have the same rights as whites. It was a time of angry words, of marches, of protests, a time of bombs and killings. But above the angry noise came the voice of one man - a man of peace.

Series:

Oxford Bookworms Library ; Stage 3, Factfiles

ISBN:

0194233936 (pbk)
9780194233934 (pbk)

LCCN:

2009464403

Locations:

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)