Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World

By: Uma Krishnaswami

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Synopsis: Mahatma Gandhi and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. both shook, and changed, the world, in their quest for peace among all people, but what threads connected these great activists together in their shared goal of social revolution?A lawyer and activist, tiny of stature with giant ideas, in British-ruled India at the beginning of the 20th century. A minister from Georgia with a thunderous voice and hopes for peace at the height of the civil rights movement in America. Born more than a half-century apart, with seemingly little in common except one shared wish, both would go on to be icons of peaceful resistance and human decency. Both preached love for all human beings, regardless of race or religion. Both believed that freedom and justice were won by not one, but many. Both met their ends in the most unpeaceful of ways—assassination. But what led them down the path of peace? How did their experiences parallel...and diverge? Threads of Peace keenly examines and celebrates these extraordinary activists&’ lives, the threads that connect them, and the threads of peace they laid throughout the world, for us to pick up, and weave together.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 336 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781481416801
Related ISBNs:: 9781481416788
Publisher:: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Date of Addition:: 08/17/21
Copyrighted By:: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Children's Books, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
Grade Levels:: Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade
Reading Age:: 9–14
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.