Martin Luther King
The Peaceful Warrior
$24.11
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
8 February 2022
Summary
As necessary now as ever, this is a moving, vital, and informative biography of Martin Luther King Jr. by an author and an illustrator with close ties to Dr. King’s family.
Martin Luther King Jr. devoted his life to helping people, first as a Baptist minister and scholar and later as the foremost leader in the African American civil rights movement. An organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott and cofounder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King won t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781536222906 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1536222909 |
| Author: | Ed Clayton, Donald Bermudez |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 8 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 152mm x 196mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
Featured in The Bookseller’s January 2022 previews. – Fiona Noble * The Bookseller *
Ed Clayton
Ed Clayton was a well-known editor, author, and reporter. He worked on special assignments for Life magazine and contributed articles to the Associated Press, United Press International, and the Associated Negro Press. He also served as an editor with Jet, Ebony, and the Negro Digest. Until his death in 1966, Ed Clayton was an associate of Dr. King at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Xernona Clayton, the author’s widow, is a leading civil rights activist who was an associate of Dr. King and Coretta Scott King at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She is also the founder, president, and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc., which highlights accomplishments and contributions that enhance quality of life for all.
Donald Bermudez is a multifaceted artist who has worked directly with Coretta Scott King and continues to work with public figures such as Ms. Xernona Clayton. In 2016, his “I Have a Dream” poster of Martin Luther King Jr. received an award of merit in the HOW International Design Awards competition.
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