| | |  | | |  (1929-1968) Moving interviews with civil rights leaders Andrew Young and James Farmer detail the inspirational life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Born in Atlanta, King was the son of a preacher and a church musician. He became a minister himself, inspired by his father's associate, Benjamin Mays, and by the teachings of Gandhi, whose nonviolent approach to social change he adopted. With Rosa Parks's arrest in 1955, King's desegregation efforts began in earnest. He formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and motivated lunch counter sit-ins, the Freedom Riders and the removal of "For Colored Only" signs. In 1964, King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and became a pivotal force in the passing of the voting rights law. King was assassinated on April 4,1968. Part of the Black Americans of Achievement Video Collection that celebrates the most influential African Americans in history. | " ...uniformly excellent...handsomely packaged, this outstanding series is highly recommended and an Editor's Choice." - Video Librarian"...a 'must buy' for any school or public library."- School Library Journal "...these are important, informative programs that will motivate and inspire viewers to think about what can be done to affect today's crises in the black community." - Library Journal "...a useful resource for a wide range of history classes."- Booklist "...well-conceived and executed...students will thoroughly enjoy these videographic renditions of historically significant figures; but the greater value of these works is the cultural, historical, and socio-political context in which the characters are revealed..."- Multicultural Review
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Closed-Captioned
Copyright 1992
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