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Chronicles the lives and work of nonviolent civil rights activists, Mahatma Gandhi and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and details the similarities and differences of their experiences that led them to their quests for equality and peace. Explores how King was inspired by Gandhi's efforts. Includes color and black-and-white photographs, sidebars, and a glossary.
In April 1968, in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, Kevin joins a sit-in to protest Columbia's expansion into the neighboring Harlem community. Nearly thirty years later in 1995, amidst controversy over the Million Man March, Gibran challenges the "See No Color" culture of his elite New England prep school. As they both face racism and struggle to come of age in a world that's hostile to Black men, they must balance their desire to fight for change and honor the sacrifices their families have made to get them into the prestigious institutions they attend.
After the sit-ins in Nashville, John Lewis and his fellow Freedom Riders face beatings, imprisonment, arson, and murder. However, their efforts attract allies such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Lewis and King speak at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, while danger brews in Birmingham, Alabama.
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