Martin Luther King, Jr: Civil Rights LeaderAs one of the most important and influential leaders of America's civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. became the catalyst for change in a nation marked by segregation and discrimination. Unlike the civil rights activists who argued for a violent |
Contents
April 3 1968 | 1 |
You Are Somebody | 10 |
Im Going to Be Pastor of a Church | 20 |
Montgomery | 32 |
The Number One Leader | 46 |
I Feel the Need of Being Free Now | 60 |
I Have a Dream Today | 72 |
We Are Demanding the Ballot | 86 |
We Dont Want You Here | 104 |
April 4 1968 | 118 |
Appendix | 126 |
Chronology | 127 |
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About the Contributors | 140 |
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