On August 28, 1963, US civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. made a speech that helped change the course of history. What he had to say helped pave the way to equality for millions of African Americans. Read this book to find out about King's life, from his early days as a young Baptist minister, through his campaigns for change and his famous Washington speech to his eventual assassination in 1968. Dramatic photographs, timeline-style text, and quotations tell the inspirational story of King's leadership and examine the enduring legacy of his life and work. Book jacket.