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Martin and Bobby : a journey toward justice
Title:
Martin and Bobby : a journey toward justice
ISBN:
9781641600101
Physical Description:
ix, 164 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Prologue: "What kind of a nation we are" --Part I: April 1968. "I think we can do better" -- "I've been to the mountaintop" -- "What we really stand for" -- "When is this violence going to stop?" -- Part II: 1925-1967. "To whom much is given, much is asked" -- "Until justice runs down like water" -- "The time has come for this nation to fulfill its promise" -- "I have a dream" -- "A tiny ripple of hope" -- Part III: 1968. "Do they know about Martin Luther King?" -- "I have some very sad news for all of you" -- "A time of shame and sorrow" -- "We still have Bobby Kennedy" -- "Something died in all of America" -- Epilogue: "America is not yet finished" -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline.
Reading Level:
1080 L Lexile
Summary:
Martin and Bobby follows the lives and final days of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, showing how and where their work intersected and how their initially wary relationship evolved from challenging and testing one another to finally "arriving in the same place" as allies fighting poverty and racism. --
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