What was it like growing up as a son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.' This memoir by Martin Luther King III provides insight into one of history's most fascinating families and into a special bond...
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Author: King, Martin LutherSummary:
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Author: Adler, David A.Summary:
A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal...
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Author: Noonan, William SylvesterSummary:
For 25 years William Noonan and John F. Kennedy, Jr. were best friends. Sharing an adolescence in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, the two frequented beach bonfires and the Monday-night yacht-club...
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Author: King, Martin LutherSummary:
This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King Jr., from his inspirational "I Have a Dream" to his fiery "Give Us the Ballot...
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Author: Komar, DebraSummary:
Winner, Canadian Authors Award for Canadian History, Jeanne Clarke Memorial Local History Award, and Prince Edward Island Book Award for Non-Fiction. Is it possible to reach back in time and solve...
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Author: Axelrod, AlanSummary:
On August 12, 1944, Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., heir to one of America's most glamorous fortunes, son of the disgraced former ambassador to Great Britain, and big brother to freshly minted...
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Author: King, Martin LutherSummary:
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Major thinkers engage with King's less studied writing, arguing its marginalization has let King be drafted into projects he would not endorse.
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Author: King, Martin LutherSummary:
Original recordings of King's sermons; some also read by Keith David and Jay Gregory. Each is introduced a prominent spiritual leader.
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Author: Tate, Eleanora E.Summary:
The children of Gumbo Grove Elementary School discover the contributions of many famous Afro-Americans during Black History Month.
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Author: Bausum, Ann.Summary:
Bausum revisits 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, to examine how the sanitation workers' strike set the scene for one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatest speeches. It would also be the site of his...
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Author: Phillips, Donald T.Summary:
Chronicles the leadership style of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.during the most tumultuous period in America's recent past. Offers a powerful lesson that can be applied to life, business or any...
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Author: Eisenberg, JohnSummary:
The fascinating story of baseball's legendary "Ironmen," two players from different eras who each achieved the coveted and sometimes confounding record of most consecutive games played When Cal...
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Author: Nasar, SylviaSummary:
A Beautiful Mind traces the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash, Jr., from his lonely childhood in West Virginia to his student years at Princeton, where he encountered Albert Einstein, John von...
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Author: Buckley, William F.Summary:
William F. Buckley, Jr. recreates a pivotal moment in history through the eyes of young interpreter-interrogator Sebastian, whose fate is entwined with the lives and deaths of some towering...