Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) and index.
Introduction -- Timeline of events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. -- Sweet Auburn -- Learning years -- Boston and Coretta -- Montgomery and the road to civil rights -- A growing movement -- Albany, Georgia -- Bloody Birmingham -- Tumult and tragedy -- 1963 -- Johnson, King, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Selma -- Taking on Chicago -- Vietnam, black power, and 1967 -- Memphis.
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Tells the life story of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., describing his early years in Georgia, his influences, his work for equal rights for African-Americans, his assassination, and his legacy.