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Martin Luther King Jr. and peaceful protest / Kelly Spence.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Primary sources of the civil rights movementPublisher: New York : Cavendish Square Publishing, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 64 pages ; illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781502618641
  • 1502618648
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
"Separate but equal" -- The man behind the marches -- The call to action -- The world reacts -- The march goes on -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Further information -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Summary: "Martin Luther King Jr. followed the lead of Mahatma Gandhi and employed nonviolent civil disobedience to fight discrimination. His methods brought about some of the most effective civil rights legislation in our country’s history and earned him a Nobel Peace Prize. Those methods also brought criticism from whites who said he was pushing too fast, and from African Americans who advocated violence to speed up change" -- Publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: MLK | Martin Luther King Jr.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography King, M. S744 Available 33111008510931
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Martin Luther King Jr. followed the lead of Mahatma Gandhi and employed nonviolent civil disobedience to fight discrimination. His methods brought about some of the most effective civil rights legislation in our country's history and earned him a Nobel Peace Prize. Those methods also brought criticism from whites who said he was pushing too fast, and from African Americans who advocated violence to speed up change.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61) and index.

"Separate but equal" -- The man behind the marches -- The call to action -- The world reacts -- The march goes on -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Further information -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

"Martin Luther King Jr. followed the lead of Mahatma Gandhi and employed nonviolent civil disobedience to fight discrimination. His methods brought about some of the most effective civil rights legislation in our country’s history and earned him a Nobel Peace Prize. Those methods also brought criticism from whites who said he was pushing too fast, and from African Americans who advocated violence to speed up change" -- Publisher.

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