My Dream of Martin Luther King

About this book

Illustrated in full color. The acclaimed author/illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book Tar Beach recounts her unique vision of Martin Luther King Jr. by describing a dream she had about the great civil rights leader. The dream includes scenes of Kings childhood and the major events of his life from the boycott of the segregated buses to his "I Have a Dream" speech to his assassination. Illustrated in Ringgolds signature folk-art style the text includes the authors own personal vision in which she imagines the people of the world gathering in Kings memory to trade prejudice fear and hate for hope peace and love.