Title A time to break silence : the essential works of Martin Luther King, Jr. for students / Martin Luther King, Jr. ; introduction by Walter Dean Myers.

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Boston : Beacon Press, 2013.

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Description	xxii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	The King Legacy series
	King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Works. Selections (The King Legacy)
Note	"Published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: Martin Luther King, Jr. / Walter Dean Myers -- Love and faith: -- A gift of love -- An experiment in love -- Loving your enemies -- A knock at midnight -- Nonviolent resistance: -- The sword that heals -- My trip to the land of Gandhi -- Consequences of war: -- Beyond Vietnam: a time to break silence -- The casualties of the war in Vietnam -- Young people working for justice: -- The time for freedom has come -- The burning truth in the South -- Black and white together -- The power of freedom: -- Speech at the Great March on Detroit -- Letter from Birmingham Jail -- I have a dream -- Suffering, hope, and the future: -- Eulogy for the martyred children -- Suffering and faith -- The drum major instinct -- What is your life's blueprint? -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary	Presents nineteen of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most important writings and speeches, carefully selected by educators across a variety of disciplines.
Subject	African Americans -- Civil rights.
	Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Nonviolence.
	African Americans -- Civil rights.
	Civil rights movements -- History.
	Nonviolence.
	YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- 20th Century.
	YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- African American.
	YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- Social Topics -- Prejudice & Racism.
	African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
	Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
	Nonviolence. (OCoLC)fst01039027
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Civil rights -- United States. -- History.
	Civil rights movements -- History.
	Nonviolence.
	African Americans -- Civil rights.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014, editor.
Added Title	Works. Selections (Meyers)
ISBN	9780807033180 (cloth ; alk. paper)
	0807033189 (cloth ; alk. paper)
	9780807033050 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	0807033057 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	9780807033067 (ebook)
	9780606320795
	0606320792

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