(W) Brad Meltzer (A/CA) Chris Eliopoulos. The eighth biography in this New York Times-bestselling series features one of America's greatest civil rights heroes. Even as a child* Martin Luther King* Jr. was shocked by the terrible and unfair way African-American people were treated. When he grew up* he decided to do something about it* peacefully* with powerful words. He helped gather people together for nonviolent protests and marches* and he always spoke up about loving other human beings and doing what's right. He spoke about the dream of a kinder future* and bravely led the way toward racial equality in America.