The Day Martin Luther King Jr. Was Shot [Paperback]

Jim Haskins (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 3-6 --A readable and attractive photo essay recounting the struggle for civil rights in the U. S. Haskins's clearly written text and archival black-and-white photographs trace the long, hard road to equal rights for African-Americans from the earliest days of the slave trade; through the desegregation battles; to The Day Martin Luther King, Jr., Was Shot , which Haskins cites as the ``end of the civil rights era.'' Brief accounts of brave individuals, both black and white, are included: abolitionists; students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957; demonstrators who sat-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro in 1960; civil right workers who were murdered in Mississippi in 1964; and many, many more. This excellent overview can be read from cover to cover and may lead readers to more detailed texts such as Altman's Extraordinary Black Americans from Colonial to Contemporary Times (Childrens, 1989) and Hornsby's Chronology of African American History (Gale, 1991). The photographs alone make it a must purchase. --Eunice Weech, M. L. King Elementary School, Urbana, IL

Copyright 1992 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (January 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590436619
• ISBN-13: 978-0590436618
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #857,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #23 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Nonfiction > Current Events > Civil Rights & Liberties

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Confusing telling, May 5, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Day Martin Luther King Jr. Was Shot (Paperback)

This bookk was about Black History. It tells about black history as well as Martin Luther King and some of his protests. It also tells about slaves being brought over to america and sold like animals. I learned that everyone thought seperate but equal was okay. But it doesn't mean that it was equal. THis is some of the things in the book.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was shot, May 5, 2004

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Alexandria (Mayflower, AR, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Day Martin Luther King Jr. Was Shot (Paperback)

I really liked this book because I didn't know where, who, how and when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. But when I read this book it told me everything about him and about all the black slaves back then. I think that we should all read this book because it tells you everything you need to know of how Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. The best story element for this book is suspense because it has a lot of that in this book. Because you never know what they are going to tell you next. This was an awesome book and the author was incredible. Way to go!! Thanks for listening and I hope that it was helpful.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an awesome MLK review, May 5, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Day Martin Luther King Jr. Was Shot (Paperback)

I felt that this book did a really awesome job describing the people of the civil rights movement, I also felt that Jim Haskins wrote this book with very good sense of what had happened in the past. This book had wonderful characterzation by describing MLK, Malcom X, Philip A. Rhandolph ect. This book started with the slaves coming over forcfully from Africa, it descriptivly described the horribal time the slaves had to go through. It did a great time all the way up to the point where MLK was assasinated. I highly reccomend this book.