Description
In the final months of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, a tapestry of visions, music, and spiritual reflection gathers around the urgency of a movement at its most fragile—and most determined. Through lyrical, metaphor-rich storytelling, this requiem explores the days leading to his assassination, honoring the hopes he carried and the grief that followed without ever reducing his legacy to a single moment. The book weaves together themes of faith, justice, community, and the power of art to hold sorrow and inspire action. With the distinctive, emotionally resonant style of Andrea Davis Pinkney—paired with Brian Pinkney’s musical sensibility—it offers a multilayered meditation on leadership, loss, and the enduring call to rise.
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paperback
Scholastic, Incorporated
Published Jan 1, 2018
127 pages
ISBN: 9780545702539
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First Published
2018
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Martin Rising: Requiem For a King by Andrea Davis Pinkney.