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Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

by Stephen B. Oates · 2009

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Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award and the Christopher Award, this brilliant examination of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. portrays a very real man and his dream that shaped America's history.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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American historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thiscivil rightscivil rightsMore like thisLess of thisAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 592 pages

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