Chasing King's killer, the hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin, by James L. Swanson ; foreword by Congressman John Lewis
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Label
Chasing King's killer, the hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin, by James L. Swanson ; foreword by Congressman John Lewis
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-349) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
12-19, Brodart
resource.interestGradeLevel
7-12, Brodart
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Chasing King's killer
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
973733585
resource.readingGradeLevel
Grades 9-12Age 12 and up
Responsibility statement
by James L. Swanson ; foreword by Congressman John Lewis
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, UG, 7.6, 7.Reading Counts, 6-8, 8.6, 11.
Sub title
the hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin
Summary
"James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of the time, and a blow-by-blow examination of the assassination and its aftermath."--Provided by publisher
Target audience
adolescent
resource.variantTitle
Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin
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Creator
Subject
- Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998 -- Juvenile literature
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination.
- Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998.
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Law & Crime
- YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
- KERA + Black inventors/inventions and civil rights - YA books -- 2021.02
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
- YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Law & Crime
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- Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998 -- Juvenile literature
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination.
- Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998.
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Law & Crime
- YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
- KERA + Black inventors/inventions and civil rights - YA books -- 2021.02
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
- YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Law & Crime
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