I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Walter Dean Myers and Leonard Jenkins
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is one of the most celebrated figures of the twentieth... read more
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2004
Word Count 1,756
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1010L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 75976, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- 20th century
- Clergy
- Civil rights
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements--History
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Political
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Religious (See Also Religious - Christian
- African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature
- King, Martin Luther
- Baptists
- African Americans
- History
- Civil rights workers
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Baptists--United States--Clergy--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Biography
- Civil rights movements
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