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Martin Rising
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrator: Brian Pinkney
Ages: 12+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 978-0-545-70253-9
Keywords: Civil rights movement, Diversity, Read-Aloud, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lyrical poetry vividly chronicles personal and public moments from Dr. King's birth through the last few moments of his life during those tumultuous 1968 days. Lush pastel mixed-media illustrations.