Binding: Hardcover
Description: This brilliant memoir - in - verse tells the moving story of how a nation learned to celebrate a hero. Through years of protests and petition Kathlyn's story highlights the foot soldiers who fought to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. Ain t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round is a deeply moving middle grade memoir about what it means to be an everyday activist and foot solider for racial justice as Kathlyn recounts how drawn to activism from childhood she went from attending protests as a teenager to fighting for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday to become a national holiday as an adult. A blueprint for kids starting down their own paths to civic awareness it shows life beyond protests and details the sustained time passion and energy it takes to turn an idea into a law. Deftly weaving together monumental historical events with a heartfelt coming - of - age story and in - depth information on law making Ain t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round is the perfect engaging example of how history can help inform the present.
Title: Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round My Story Of The Making Of Martin Luther King Day
Author(s): Kirkwood Kathlyn J., Steffi Walthall
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780358387268
Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/4/2022