Relates an incident from the childhood of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., when his best friend's father said they could no longer play together because "colored and white can't mix!"

Publisher Annotation: Young readers can now learn about one of the greatest civil rights leaders of all time, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in this Level 3 Step into Reading Biography Reader. Set against Dr. King?s historic march on Washington in the summer of 1963, a moving story and powerful illustrations combine to illuminate not only one of America?s most celebrated leaders, but also one of America?s most celebrated moments. Step 3 Readers feature...

"A biography of Martin Luther King Jr. that tells the story of how he used nonviolence to lead the civil rights movement"--

Explores how the media, politics, and the Memphis sanitation workers' strike set the scene for King to give his speech.

An introduction to a great civil rights leader.

A biography of civil rights crusader, Corretta Scott who knew the unfairness of segregation in the South.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahalia Jackson were able to use their powerful voices to share a dream and change history.

"Martin Luther King Jr. was an influential and inspiring leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The minister and social activist won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was assassinated in 1968."--Provided by publisher.

"James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of the time, and a blow-by-blow examination of the assassination and its aftermath."--Provided by publisher.