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I didn't really read this Kindle book but read the text online after watching the speech on YouTube.

Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my heroes, and it seemed appropriate to listen & read his words today in honor of his memory on MLK day. Sadly, so much is still apposite 50 years later. This passage in particular struck me:

"We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality."

In the intervening years, this aspect of racism doesn't seem to have improved very much as the events of the past 6 months have shown. I just hope that people recall this earlier section from the speech:

"But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force."

Text of the speech with dramatic illustrations, followed by a short biography and notes by Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrators.

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The text of King's famous speech plus - a short biography, paintings by numerous artists with notes on their work.

I knew only knew that George Washington carver invented peanut butter before reading this book. It was so fascinating to learn about his interest in botany and him also being and educator. The facts I learned about Carver were very inspiring as a black woman interested in teaching and botany.

This book is an illustrated version of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. It also contains illustrations from fifteen artists. At the end of the book, there is a short biography about Martin Luther King, Jr. and artist statements by the fifteen artists.

I have a dream is a beautiful illustrated version of Martin Luther King's 1963 speech, I Have A Dream. Each section has the text of the speech on one page, and a corresponding illustrations on the other page. I enjoy this book because of the way it draws out every part of the speech, so that the reader can really see what MLK envisioned. When he says, "Little black [boys and girls] will be able to join hands with little white [boys and girls]", it shows a drawing of a black girl and a white girl dancing together. At the end of the book, it explains the importance and legacy of the speech. The book reinforces the power the landmark speech had, and the importance of having hope for a brighter future.½

Such a good addition to the biography section. Talks about his curiousity and great ability to listen which is how we learn.

Once I got past the beginning and realized that Wade's 'ghetto' persona was a self-defense mechanism and not Cohen being ignorant, I really enjoyed watching him learn about himself and his classmates, and I laughed at the little jams he got himself into. More subtle than [b:Molly's Pilgrim|1683140|Molly's Pilgrim|Barbara Cohen|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1266866042s/1683140.jpg|1679740] but the same theme of adjustment to a new culture in a school setting.

I didn't really read this Kindle book but read the text online after watching the speech on YouTube.

Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my heroes, and it seemed appropriate to listen & read his words today in honor of his memory on MLK day. Sadly, so much is still apposite 50+ years later. This passage in particular struck me:

"We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality."

In the intervening years, this aspect of racism doesn't seem to have improved very much as the events of the past 6 months have shown. I just hope that people recall this earlier section from the speech:

"But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force."

This is one of my absolute favorite books. The focus of this book is to illustrate the famous "I Have A Dream Speech." What's special about the illustrations is there are 15 separate illustrators who each depicted a page of the speech. Each of the illustrators are recipients of the Coretta Scott King award. All the illustrations were beautiful, but my most favorite were the two illustrations that showed children of all colors and religions playing with one another. I also enjoyed this book because it gave a lot of background about what was going on at the time. The foreword is by Coretta Scott King herself and then the back has information about the artists. This added to the power of the book. The message of this book is to continue the dream that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had on that day, August 28, 1963.

Born on a farm in Diamond Grove, Missouri, George Washington Carver was interested in nature from a young age. He was often sick; therefore, he wasn’t able to help in the fields. George stayed close to home where he learned to cook, sew, and tend the garden. The Carter family’s former owners taught George and his older brother how to read, write, and count, but this wasn’t enough for George. He wanted more. Unable to attend the town’s school, George would sit outside and listen to the lessons. George’s thirst for knowledge continued for the rest of his life. He graduated from high school in 1884, and, in 1889, he became the first black student at Iowa Agricultural College. It was there that George found his passion and became recognized as a promising botanist. After spending some time as a graduate assistant at IAC, George received an invitation, from Booker T. Washington, to become the head of the agricultural department at Tuskegee Institute. George made his most important discoveries while at Tuskegee including the multiple uses for the peanut.
I enjoyed reading this book because I did not know much about the early life of George Washington Carver and how he became such a great agriculturalist. This book gives a short, yet thorough, look into the life of a man who made so many contributions to our society. The illustrations were beautiful, and the pictures captured the mood of the story. I think that this book is suitable for children in grades kindergarten through fourth. It could be used as part of a science or history lesson. The story is written not only as a short biography of Carver, but it will also peak the interest of the reader. Students will want to learn more about agriculture and nature after reading this book. There aren’t many kids who don’t love some product that contains peanuts. I think that they would be interesting in learning about the man who invented or helped lead the way for these products to come into existence.

Cute story about a boy that is attending moved to a school for gifted children. He feels uncomfortable b/c he is African American in a primarily white classroom. It is Valentine's Day and he does not feel he will receive many Valentine's since he is new and does not feel he has any real friends.