Kadir Nelson illustrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s dream using the words of that well-known speech. Nelson creates a balance between history and a vision for the future: We see both Dr. King on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and the hands of a black person and white person clenched together in solidarity. The expressions of the people, the beauty of the places where freedom will ring, the glory of freedom–all are matchless, lit by Nelson’s trademark glow from within.
The full “I Have A Dream” speech is printed on the back pages, and my edition includes a CD with “The Official Recording from the March on Washington, Delivered August 28, 1963″.
This just received ALA’s Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor!