A time to break silence
Subtitle: the essential works of Martin Luther King, Jr. for students
By: Martin Luther King, Jr. ; introduction by Walter Dean Myers
Contributors: Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014, editor
Series: King legacy series
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780807033180; 9780807033050
Subjects: Nonviolence; Civil rights; African Americans; Civil rights movements; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Walter Dean Myers; title: Love and faith. A gift of love ; An experiment in love ; Loving your enemies ; A knock at midnight; title: Nonviolent resistance. The sword that heals ; My trip to the land of Gandhi; title: Consequences of war. Beyond Vietnam : a time to break silence ; The casualties of the war in Vietnam; title: Young people working for justice. The time for freedom has come ; The burning truth in the South ; Black and white together; title: The power of freedom. Speech at the Great March on Detroit ; Letter from Birmingham Jail ; I have a dream; title: Suffering, hope, and the future. Eulogy for the martyred children ; Suffering and faith ; The drum major instinct ; What is your life's blueprint?