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Branch, Taylor. Haskins, James King, Martin Luther Kurtz, Jane. Schulke, Flip. Wittenstein, BarryKurtz, Jane.
Summary: In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that proclaimed that it was time -- long overdue -- for all people 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, King in the Wilderness follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. Drawing on revelatory stories from his inner circle of friends, the film provides a clear window into the civil rights leader's character, showing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This story begins on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism. It comes to a bloody end almost five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. In the years since those events unfolded, the man at the center, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has become a mythic figure, a minister whose...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CITSummary: The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Including archival footage, this film is an indispensable primary resource of a pivotal moment in American and world history. Originally screened in theaters for only a single night in 1970.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KINHaskins, James
Summary: Presents the life, words, and principles of the noted civil rights worker through extensive quotations from his speeches and writings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.092 HASBranch, Taylor.
Summary: Branch condenses his three-volume chronicle on race and democracy to its pivotal scenes, taking listeners on a journey in to a political revolution that would change the face of America.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 323.0973 BRASummary: The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 represented not the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement, but the beginning of a new, crucial chapter. Nowhere was this next battle better epitomized than in Lowndes County, Alabama, a rural, impoverished county with a vicious history of racist terrorism. In a county that was 80 percent Black but had zero Black voters, laws were just paper...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOWKing, Martin Luther
Summary: His speeches stirred a generation to change--and oulined a practical way to economic freedom and true democracy. His words would help bring about the end of a brutally unequal system--and would show a timeless method for achieving fairness and justice for all. These twelve moving speeches voiced by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are original recordings collected here for the firest time ever. In...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN KINKing, Martin Luther
Summary: "This companion volume to 'A knock at midnight: inspiration from the great sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.' includes the text of his most well-know oration, 'I have a dream,' his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, & 'Beyond Vietnam,' a powerful plea to end the ongoing conflict. Includes contributions from Rosa Parks, Aretha Franklin, the Dalai Lama, & many others. Dr. King is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: IPM (Intellectual Properties Management), in association with Warner Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 KINKing, Martin Luther
Summary: Text of the speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963 describing his visionary dream of equality and brotherhood for humankind. Also includes illustrations by award winning artists depicting scenes described in the speech.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J America KingWittenstein, Barry
Summary: "The true story behind the writing of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Schulke, Flip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1986
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Place a hold to request this item.King, Martin Luther
Summary: Presents the text of the famous speech given on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. by Martin Luther King, Jr., complemented by paintings illustrating the ideals the civil rights leader described.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.King, Martin Luther
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1991