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I have a dream

by Price Hossell, Karen, 1957-

Format: Print Book 2006
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Northland Public Library Children's Nonfiction J 323.1 H79
Location  Northland Public Library
 
Collection  Children's Nonfiction
 
Call Number  J 323.1 H79
 
 

Summary
"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, we are free at last!" These words end one of the most influential speeches in United States history. Learn about the events leading up to the extraordinary day when Martin Luther King Jr. spoke these words and the legacy of his amazing life.
Contents
Remembering important events
What is "I have a dream"?
End of slavery
Jim Crow laws
Early civil rights movement
Fighting Jim Crow
School integration
Sit-ins and freedom rides
Martin Luther King Jr.
Practice of nonviolence
March on Washington
Speech
Insufficient funds
Dream
Let freedom ring
First-hand account
Violence continues
Selma to Montgomery
March for civil rights
King assassinated
Legacy of "I have a dream"
Glossary
More books to read
Places to visit
Index.
Additional Information
Series Price Hossell, Karen, 1957- Voices of freedom.
Subjects King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968. -- I have a dream -- Juvenile literature.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968. -- I have a dream.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -- (1963 : -- Washington, D.C.) -- Juvenile literature.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -- (1963 : -- Washington, D.C.)
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- Washington (D.C.) -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- Washington (D.C.)
African Americans -- Biography.
Civil rights workers.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Publisher Chicago :Heinemann Library,2006
Language English
Description 48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Bibliography Notes Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
ISBN 1403468117
9781403468116
1403468168 (pbk.)
9781403468161 (pbk.)
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