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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.

Young Mary Elouise is unhappy about who she is, until two African storytellers come to her school and help her to appreciate the value of her heritage. Eleanora E. Tate shares the richness of the contemporary African American experience with themes that speak to young readers of every color: self-acceptance, a healthy pride, and the importance of family and of community.

There is a special school assembly for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. What will Max learn about Martin Luther King Jr.?

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Martin Luther King III was one of those four little children mentioned in Martin Luther King's groundbreaking "I Have a Dream" speech. In this memoir, Martin Luther King Jr.'s son gives an intimate look at the man and the father behind the civil rights leader. Mr. King's remembrances show both his warm, loving family and a momentous time in American history.

Even as a child, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shocked by the terrible and unfair way African-American people were treated. When he grew up, he decided to do something about it - peacefully, with powerful words. He helped gather people together for nonviolent protests and marches, and he always spoke up about loving other human beings and doing what’s right. He spoke about the dream of a kinder future, and bravely led the way toward racial equality in America.

Er ist eine der wichtigsten und vor allem interessantesten Gestalten unserer Geschichte - zunächst wollte er nur auf Missstände in der Kirche hinweisen, doch ohne es beabsichtigt zu haben, trat er eine Lawine los: Der Mönch Martin Luther spaltete mit seinen Lehren die Christen Westeuropas in zwei Lager. Andreas Venzke erzählt in der Rolle des streitbaren Reformators von dessen Leben als Mönch, von engstirnigen Priestern und aufgeschlossenen Fürsten, von Intrigen und politischen Ränkespielen, von Kriegen und einem Leben auf der Flucht und von seiner festen Überzeugung, den wahren Weg zu Gott gefunden zu haben.

Through Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s words and Bible verses, kids will discover that Dr. King's Christian faith was the foundation for his activism and that God calls us to stand up for justice and love. This illustrated children's devotional will inspire the next generation with the passion of Dr. King, America's greatest Black leader, and equip them to make a difference for God, both today and tomorrow.

"I have a dream." Those rousing words, spoken by Martin Luther King, Jr. at an historic civil rights rally in Washington, D.C., brought hope to those who listened: hope that in the future there might not be two Americas - one black and one white - but instead a country united, with justice for all. Here is King's inspiring story, which began in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929 and came to a tragic end on April 4, 1968 when an assassin fatally shot him.

Weihnachten steht vor der Tür. Nichts läuft bei Familie Klawitter wie geplant, alles geht schief. Erst an Heiligabend wendet sich schließlich das Blatt und Connis Weihnachtsfest wird zu einem ganz speziellen - und besonders schönen.

Adapted from her adult memoir, this is the autobiography of Coretta Scott King–wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (the King Center), and twentieth-century American civil and human rights activist.

Karl Schumacher was 15 when he came to the German city of Wittenberg in 1520 seeking an education. He had been very fortunate that the esteemed university professor, Doctor Martin Luther, had taken him into his household as a servant. Luther’s promise of tutoring Karl in exchange for his labor was the chance of a lifetime - until a poster on the church door declared his master a heretic! Karl is asked to travel with Doctor Luther to appear before the emperor’s Imperial Council in the city of Worms. Will his life be at stake as well as Luther’s?

In Zirngiblhausen passieren wunderliche Dinge: Eine Flöte, ein Geigenkasten und Rektor Pipas Oboe sind verschwunden. Auch Nudelholz, eingelegte Früchte und sogar Zimtsterne fehlen. Polizist Prellbock hört in seinem Funkgerät falsch gespielte Musik. Alle versammeln sich bei Knuddels Frauchen. Während die Erwachsenen beraten, machen die Kinder eine Schneeballschlacht.

The wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King was a civil rights leader in her own right, playing a prominent role in the African American struggle for racial equality in the 1960s. Here's a gripping portrait of a smart, remarkable woman. Growing up in Alabama, Coretta Scott King graduated valedictorian from her high school before becoming one of the first African-American students at Antioch College in Ohio. It was there that she became politically active, joining the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Mina Edelman believes that she and her family are the Lincolns reincarnated. Her main tasks for the next three months: to protect her father from assassination, her mother from insanity, and herself - Willie Lincoln incarnate - from death at age 12. Apart from that, the summer of 1966 should be like any other. But Mina's dad begins taking Mina along to hear speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago. And soon he brings the freedom movement to their own small town, with consequences for everyone.