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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- MEET MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. -- YOUNG MARTIN -- LIFE IN SEGREGATED AMERICA -- A LIFE IN THE CHURCH -- TAKING IT TO THE STREETS -- COMING TOGETHER -- THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON -- MAKING IT LAW -- KILLED IN MEMPHIS -- TIMELINE -- Glossary -- Index

When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, the world mourned. Though just 39, King's work in the civil rights movement had already transformed American and world history. Readers will come to understand the gravity of King's sacrifice as well as discover surprising information, such as an early assassination attempt and an FBI investigation. Historical photographs and interesting sidebars add to the depth of this comprehensive look at one of the greatest heroes of black history

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- CIVIL RIGHTS CRUSADER -- EARLY LIFE -- THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT -- PEACEFUL PROTESTS -- THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON -- THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND VOTING ACTS -- CHANGES IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT -- THE ASSASSINATION -- THE FIGHT CONTINUES -- TIMELINE -- GLOSSARY -- FOR MORE INFORMATION -- Books -- Websites -- INDEX.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contenido/Contents -- Un héroe estadounidense/ An American Hero -- El trabajo de King/King's Work -- ¿Cómo lo celebramos?/How Do We Celebrate? -- Palabras que debes aprender/Words to Know -- Índice / Index -- Sitios de Internet / Websites -- Back Cover

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Protest - In the Name of Love -- Negroes Pledge to Keep Boycott -- Battle Against Tradition: Martin Luther King Jr. -- Negro Minister Convicted of Directing Bus Boycott -- 2,500 Here Hail Boycott Leader -- Bus Integration in Alabama Calm -- Shot Hits Home of Bus Bias Foe -- Negroes Hold Rally On Rights in Capital -- Negro Leaders Confer With President and Rogers at White House -- Dr. King, Negro Leader, Stabbed By Woman in a Store in Harlem -- Dr. King Stricken with Pneumonia -- Negro Sitdowns Stir Fear Of Wider Unrest in South -- Dr. King Favors Buyers' Boycott -- 14 Negroes Jailed in Atlanta Sit-Ins -- Dr. King Is Jailed in Traffic Case -- Chapter 2 From Protest to Jail and Back -- Dr. King, Symbol Of the Segregation Struggle -- Dr. King's 3 Children Visit Him -- He Is Allowed Out of Jail Cell -- Birmingham Jails 1,000 More Negroes -- "I Have a Dream …" -- Dr. King Urges Nonviolence in Rights Protests -- Martin Luther King Jr. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize -- 67 Negroes Jailed in Alabama Drive -- Dr. King, 300 Negroes Arrested in Selma -- Freedom March Begins at Selma -- Troops on Guard -- Mass Integration Is Quiet in South -- Chapter 3 A Conflicted Civil Rights Movement -- Civil Rights and War -- Dr. King Advocates Quitting Vietnam -- Dr. King Will Join a Vietnam Protest On April 15 at U.N. -- Dr. King to Weigh Civil Disobedience If War Intensifies -- Dr. King Proposes a Boycott Of War -- Dr. King's Error -- N.A.A.C.P. Decries Stand Of Dr. King on Vietnam -- Dr. King's Response -- Dr. King and the War -- 100,000 Rally at U. N. Against Vietnam War -- Chapter 4 The Need for Civil Disobedience -- King Warns Cities of Summer Riots -- Dr. King Is Backed for Peace Ticket -- Dr. King Declines Peace Candidacy -- Civil Rights -- King Sees a Dual Mission -- The Voice of Negro Leadership.