Bruns, Roger.

Martin Luther King, Jr. : a biography / Roger Bruns. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006. - xiv, 157 p., [5] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. - Greenwood biographies, 1540-4900 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-152) and index.

Series Foreword. - Introduction. - Timeline of Events in the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Chapter 1: Sweet Auburn. - Chapter 2: Learning Years. - Chapter 3: Boston and Coretta. - Chapter 4: Montgomery and the Road to Civil Rights. - Chapter 5 : A Growing Movement. - Chapter 6: Albany, Georgia. - Chapter 7: Bloody Birmingham. - Chapter 8: Tumult and Tragedy - 1963. - Chapter 9: Johnson, King, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. - Chapter 10: Selma. - Chapter 11: Taking on Chicago. - Chapter 12: Vietnam, Black Power and 1967. - Chapter 13: Memphis. - Selected Bibliography. - Index.

0313336865 (hbk.) 9780313336867 (hbk.)


King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.


African Americans--Biography.
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
Baptists--Clergy--United States--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

323.092 / BRU