¿Quién fue Martin Luther King, Jr.?

The famous civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against racial and economic injustice until his death – from an assassin’s bullet – in 1968. This tumultuous time in history comes to life in over 100 black-and-white illustrations that celebrate this remarkable man. The story of one of the most influential civil rights activists of our time.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights. Maintaining nonviolent and peaceful tactics even when his life was threatened, King was also an advocate for the poor and spoke out against racial and economic injustice until his death from an assassin’s bullet in 1968.

With clearly written text that explains this tumultuous time in history and 80 black-and-white illustrations, this Who Was? celebrates the vision and the legacy of a remarkable man.

¿Quién fue Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Written by Bonnie Bader and Who HQ
Illustrated by Elizabeth Wolf

Source: Publisher (Penguin Young Readers Group)