Who Was Martin Luther King Jr

The story of one of the most influential civil rights activist 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 votedesegregationand other basic civil rights. Maintaining nonviolent and peaceful tactics even when his life was threatenedKing was also an advocate for the poor and spoke out against racial and economic injustice until his deathΓÇöfrom an assassin’s bulletΓÇöin 1968. With clearly written text that explains this tumultuous time in history and 80 black-and-white illustrationsthis Who Was? celebrates the vision and the legacy of a remarkable man.