Martin Luther King Day

William Pepper conducted a thirty-year investigation into King’s assassination. This book describes how the US government shit down a movement by stopping its leader in his tracks.

In Murder in Memphis, Lane and Gregory examine questions surrounding the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and present the case to the American people, so they can decide for themselves.

After thirty years, Killing the Dream reexamines the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., based on new interviews, confidential files, and previously undisclosed evidence.

A provocative and fresh examination of how King fought, and faced, his own death, and we should use his death and legacy.

The niece of Martin Luther King Jr. reveals six timeless and universal principles that encompass the civil rights leader's greatest legacy, reinforcing the truth that "the universe honors love." Reading Level: 6-11 years

Looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as seen through the eyes of his older sister. Reading Level: 6-11 years

A brief biographical sketch of Martin Luther King, Jr. Reading Level: 5-8 years

A biography of Martin Luther King Jr. that tells the story of how he used nonviolence to lead the civil rights movement. Reading Level 5-7 years

Introduces readers to Martin Luther King Jr. through period photographs and text. Reading Level: 10 years and older

Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, poetic text encapsulates the moments that readers today can reenact in their own lives. Reading Level: 4-8 years

Recounts Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, describing the hardships and triumphs King encountered along his journey. Reading Level: 5 years and older

Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, children and teenagers march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. Reading Level: 5-9 years

Inspired by the memories of a teacher who participated in the strike as a child, author Alice Faye Duncan reveals the story of the Memphis sanitation strike from the perspective of a young girl with a riveting combination of poetry and prose. Reading Level: 7-10 years

Illustrations and brief text portray the events of the 1963 march in Washington, D.C., where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a historic speech. Reading Level: 4-8 years