Books for MLK Day

 

Martin Luther King Jr.
January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968

Dr. Martin Luther King was a southern minister and social activist. Many would say that he was one of the predominant faces of the civil right movement.  His views consist of nonviolent tactics to achieve advancement for colored people. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a law declaring Martin Luther King Day a federal holiday. It took over 15 years for this act to happen. Take today and read one of these many selections to learn more about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

Children (Ages 0-9)

• Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round: My Story of the Making of Martin Luther King Day by Kathlyn Kirkwood, Boston Versify, 2022

• Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Kid’s Book about Advancing Civil Rights with Nonviolence by Mary Nhin, Grow Grit Press, 2022

• My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Martin Luther King III and AG Ford, Amistad Books for Young Readers, 2018

• I Am Brave: A Little Book about Martin Luther King, Jr by Brad Meltzer, Rocky Pond Books, 2019

• I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Anne Schwartz Books, 2012

Tweens (10-14)

• Martin Luther King Jr. by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Frances Lincoln Children’s Book, 2021

• Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.? by Bonnie Bader, Penguin Workshop, 2007

• Good Night Martin Luther King Jr. by Adam Gamble, Good Night Books, 2020

• Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968  by Alice Faye, Calkins Creek, 2018

• Martin Luther King Jr.: Voice of Equality! By James Buckley Jr., Portable Press, 2019

Young Adult (14-17)

• Dear Martin by Nic Stone, Ember, 2018

• March by John Lewis, Top Shelf Productions, 2016

• Martin Luther King Jr.:A Symbol and Hope for Many People by History Hour, Independently Published, 2018

• Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story by Martin Luther King Jr. and Clayborne Carson, Beacon Press, 2010

• Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King Jr., and Jessie Jackson, Signet, 2000

Adult (18- older)

• Alabama v. King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Criminal Trial that Launched the Civil Rights Movement by Dan Abrams & Fred D. Gray, Hanover Square Press, 2022

• Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr,’s life and Win the Election by Stephen Kendrick, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021

• The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs, Flatiron Books, 2021

• Details for Stakes is High: Life After the American Dream by Mychal Denzel Smith, Bold Type Books, 2020

• The Arc of Truth: The Thinking of Martin Luther King Jr., by Lewis V. Baldwin, Fortress Press, 2022