Martin Luther King, Jr. Booklist
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Monday, January 17 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Honor his life and legacy today and every day with books for the whole family.
Click on a title to find it in our catalog; and find many more titles at cobbcat.org.
For Children
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein
As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Herschels’ Amazing March Toward Freedom by Richard Michelson
Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream and You by Carole Boston Weatherford
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. and illustrated by Kadir Nelson
I’ve Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Walter Dean Myers
Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson
Love Will See You Through: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Six Guiding Beliefs (As Told By His Niece) by Angela Farris Watkins, PhD.
March On!: The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World by Christine King Farris
Martin Luther, King, Jr. by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Martin Rising: Requiem for a King by Andrea Davis Pinkey and Brian Pinkey
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Duncan
My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King III
For Teens and Adults
Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech That Transformed a Nation by Clarence B. Jones
Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin by James L. Swanson
Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter From Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation by Jonathan Rieder
The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Jason Sokol
I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Arthur Flowers
Killing King: Racial Terrorists, James Earl Ray, and the Plot to Assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. by Stuart Wexler
Martin’s Dream: My Journey and the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Clayborne Carson
Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life and Win the 1960 Election by Stephen Kendrick
The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy by David Margolick
Redemption: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Last 31 Hours by Joseph Rosenbloom
To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Fight for Economic Justice by Michael K. Honey