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Threads of peace, how Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. changed the world, Uma Krishnaswami

Label
Threads of peace, how Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. changed the world, Uma Krishnaswami
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-311) and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 9-14, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grades 7-9, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Threads of peace
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1135914078
Responsibility statement
Uma Krishnaswami
Sub title
how Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. changed the world
Summary
"A look at the lives of Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. and how they were led to seek revolution through peace"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Threads of peace: the right to take a seat -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. A place of warm breezes ; The ocean of life ; Obedience and disobedience ; Questions large and small ; A lawyer abroad ; In search of truth ; Marching for freedom ; New cloth, frayed fabric ; "I must now tear myself away" -- Martin Luther King Jr. The curtain of discrimination ; Message of truth ; Don't ride the buses ; Against the Constitution ; Actions louder than words ; In Gandhi's footsteps ; After India ; Knowing the enemy ; Bombingham ; "Free at last, free at last" ; Champion of peace ; Bloody Sunday ; No compromise ; "Precious Lord, take my hand" -- When the threads break. The assassins ; Spinning new threads of peace
Target audience
juvenile
resource.variantTitle
How Mohandas Gandhi and Reverend King changed the world
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