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Title Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round : my story of the making of Martin Luther King Day / Kathlyn J. Kirkwood ; illustrated by Steffi Walthall ; [foreword by Jacqueline Woodson].
Author Kirkwood, Kathlyn J., author.
Publication Info. Boston : Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J B KIRKWOOD    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  J B KIRKWOOD    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description 114 pages : illustrations, black and white photographs ; 22 cm
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Summary This moving memoir-in-verse tells about what it means to be an everyday activist and foot solider for racial justice, as Kathlyn recounts how she went from attending protests as a teenager to fighting as an adult for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday to become a national holiday.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-113).
Subject Kirkwood, Kathlyn J. -- Juvenile poetry.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile poetry.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile poetry.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day -- Juvenile poetry.
Kirkwood, Kathlyn J. -- Poetry.
African American civil rights workers -- Poetry.
Civil rights workers -- Poetry.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day -- Poetry.
African Americans -- Biography -- Poetry.
Women -- Biography -- Poetry.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains (CaQQLa)201-0235813 -- Biographies (CaQQLa)201-0378258 -- Poésie pour la jeunesse. (CaQQLa)201-0376954
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme (CaQQLa)201-0079841 -- États-Unis (CaQQLa)201-0079841 -- Biographies (CaQQLa)201-0378258 -- Poésie pour la jeunesse. (CaQQLa)201-0376954
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (CaQQLa)201-0186297 -- Poésie pour la jeunesse. (CaQQLa)201-0376954
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century.
African American civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799093
Civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00862721
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. (OCoLC)fst01010869
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre Children's stories.
Autobiography (DNLM)D020493
Poetry (DNLM)D055821
Biography (DNLM)D019215
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Autobiographies.
Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
Poetry.
Biographies.
Autobiographies. (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000520
Poésie. (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000476
Biographies. (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000519
Added Author Walthall, Steffi, illustrator.
Woodson, Jacqueline, writer of foreword.
Added Title Ain't going to let nobody turn me around
Am not gonna let nobody turn me 'round
Am not going to let nobody turn me around
My story of the making of Martin Luther King Day
ISBN 9780358387268 (hardcover) : $16.99
0358387264 (hardcover)