Martin's Dream
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Overview
In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that proclaimed that it was time - long overdue - for all men to be treated as equals. Today his beliefs are more important than ever, and author Jane Kurtz explains Dr. King's words in language even the youngest reader can understand.
Synopsis
In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that proclaimed that it was time - long overdue - for all men to be treated as equals. Today his beliefs are more important ...
Children's Literature
Very young children may not really understand why we have holidays such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but early readers like this one can help. Jane Kurtz's poetic text is reminiscent of the oratory that one would have heard from Reverend King himself. She focuses on the day in 1963—the March on Washington, D.C.—when more than 200,000 gathered on the Mall near the Lincoln Memorial. His speech called for all to be included—that every man or woman regardless of color should be allowed to vote and to go anywhere. That things should be fair and that children of all races would hold hands together. His words still ring true, and how pleased Reverend King would be to have witnessed the election of 2008, when a man who had a white mother and a black father was elected the 44th president of the United States. Yes, indeed, his dream of equality has come true. The drawings that accompany the text show various scenes in Reverend King's life—his role as a minister, marching in Civil Rights demonstrations, sitting in jail contemplating his fate and that of the Civil Rights movement and on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, giving one of his most famous speeches. A Level 1 book in the "Ready-To-Read" series. Reviewer: Marilyn Courtot