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K-3Dorling Kindersley Readers series.
This biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., touches on the major events and accomplishments in King's life and gives background on the civil rights struggle. Telling historical photos mingle with ill-proportioned color drawings to illustrate important moments, while numerous, sometimes irrelevant, marginal asides distract from the main body of the text. Bib., ind.