Product: My Dream of Martin Luther King
Category: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Books for Teachers
ISBN: 0517885778
Student Level: toddler, preschool, kindergarten, elementary
My Dream of Martin Luther King by FAITH RINGGOLD (Illustrator)
Faith Ringgold had a dream about Martin Luther King. Simply narrated
in her own voice, Ringgold--award-winning creator of Tar Beach and Aunt
Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky paints a vivid, powerful picture
of King's childhood and strong family life, along with glimpses of prejudice,
segregation, and protest.
Her vision blurs dreamily into King's adult
life--from his family, to protests of Rosa Parks's arrest, even to
his assassination: "This time we had come to mourn Martin Luther King's
death by trading in bags containing our prejudice, hate, ignorance, violence,
and fear for the slain hero's dream. We emptied the bags onto a great
pile, and as the last bag was dumped, the pile exploded into a fire so
bright that it lit up the whole world. There, emblazoned across the sky,
were the words: EVERY GOOD THING STARTS WITH A DREAM."
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