Martin Luther King: The Peaceful Warrior
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Publishing Details
Martin Luther King: The Peaceful Warrior
By (Author) Ed Clayton
Illustrated by Donald Bermudez
Candlewick Press,U.S.
Candlewick Press,U.S.
2nd February 2022
6th January 2022
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
323.1196073092
Physical Properties
Paperback
128
Width 152mm, Height 195mm, Spine 15mm
210g
Description
As necessary now as ever, this is a moving, vital, and informative biography of Martin Luther King Jr. by an author and an illustrator with close ties to Dr. Kings family.
Martin Luther King Jr. devoted his life to helping people, first as a Baptist minister and scholar and later as the foremost leader in the African American civil rights movement. An organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott and cofounder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. As a result of his actions, the United States Congress passed the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964. This book's powerful story and important message, originally published in 1964, remain as relevant today as they were more than fifty years ago. With a foreword by the author's widow, Xernona Clayton, the text has been updated for a new generation and features striking illustrations by Donald Bermudez.
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Author Bio
Ed Clayton was a well-known editor, author, and reporter. He worked on special assignments for Life magazine and contributed articles to the Associated Press, United Press International, and the Associated Negro Press. He also served as an editor with Jet, Ebony, and the Negro Digest. Until his death in 1966, Ed Clayton was an associate of Dr. King at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Xernona Clayton, the author's widow, is a leading civil rights activist who was an associate of Dr. King and Coretta Scott King at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She is also the founder, president, and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc., which highlights accomplishments and contributions that enhance quality of life for all.
Donald Bermudez is a multifaceted artist who has worked directly with Coretta Scott King and continues to work with public figures such as Ms. Xernona Clayton. In 2016, his I Have a Dream poster of Martin Luther King Jr. received an award of merit in the HOW International Design Awards competition.
