My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Name: My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
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ISBN: 9780060280758

ISBN-10: 0060280751

ISBN-13: 9780060280758

Edition: 2013

Authors: Martin Luther King, A. G. Ford

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My sister Yolanda, who we called Yoki, and I wanted to go to Funtown more than anything. "Well, kids, you know Daddy is working very hard so that you and all children can go to Funtown, but it's not possible today," Daddy would say. "Maybe next week." But that week never came."You just don't want to take us!" Yoki wailed. And finally my mother explained. We were not allowed in Funtown. The rides and the roller coasters were for white people only. That's how it was when I was growing up. My dad fought to change that.It wasn't always easy being the young son of the famed civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lots of people didn't agree with Dr. King and Martin Luther King III, who…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/6/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.98" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

AG Ford is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Barack by Jonah Winter and also of Michelle and First Family by Deborah Hopkinson. He is the recipient of an NAACP Image Award.