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A Lesson for Martin Luther King Jr.

by Denise Lewis Patrick

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Published
2003
Genre
Biography
Publisher
Aladdin
Pages
31

Reading measures

Accelerated Reader level
2.2
AR interest level
LG — lower grades, K–3
Lexile
440L
Suggested reading age
ages 5–9

Young Martin Luther King Jr. is hurt and confused when the father of his white best friend says the boys can no longer play together because of their race. The childhood incident introduces segregation and prejudice through an experience that helped shape the future civil-rights leader.

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