Dare to Dream: Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement (Rainbow Biography) - Softcover

Medearis, Angela Shelf

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014130202X ISBN 13: 9780141302027

Publisher: Puffin Books, 1999

Synopsis

"A concise, engaging biography for young readers... A fine addition to easy-reading biography collections."
—Booklist
"A readable account of the life of Coretta Scott King... this biography shows her to be a courageous woman who can stand on her own merit, and not just as the wife of one of the world's most well-known men."
—School Library Journal

From her childhood encounters with discrimination to her activism as an adult, Coretta Scott King dreamed of finding a place where people were treated equally. This compelling biography tells how she joined her husband, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. to lead protest marches and stand up to prejudice and violence.

About this title

About the Author:

Angela Shelf Medearis is the author multiple books for children on African-American history. She has also written several cookbooks including The Kitchen Diva's Diabetic Cookbook: 150 Healthy, Delicious Recipes for Diabetics and Those Who Dine with Them. She lives in Austin, Texas.

From Booklist:

Gr. 3-5. Using Coretta Scott King's autobiography as her primary source, Medearis fashions a concise, engaging biography for young readers. It charts the milestones in King's life from her early ambitions to be an opera singer through her marriage, her involvement in the civil rights movement, and her continuation of her husband's work after his death. Sensitive to many young readers' na{‹}ivet{‚}e about history, Medearis works into the narrative information on segregation, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott, and other key events in the civil rights movement. Illustrated with soft pencil drawings as well as numerous black-and-white photographs, this title makes a fine addition to easy-reading biography collections. Linda Ward-Callaghan

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 014130202X
• ISBN 13: 9780141302027
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Rich Anna