description: Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up in the South at a time when black people did not have the same legal rights as white people. He knew this was wrong. A believer in nonviolence, Martin organized peaceful protests to fight injustice. He won support for his cause and became a great leader of America's civil rights movement.
language: English
title: Martin Luther King Jr
titlecomplete: Martin Luther King Jr (DK Biography)
genres: History, Childrens, American History, African American, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 160
series: DK Biography
publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd