All 3 Uses of
Martin Luther King Jr.
in
The Secret Life of Bees
- When that minister from Alabama, Reverend Martin Luther King, got arrested last month in Florida for wanting to eat in a restaurant, the men at church acted like the white people's team had won the pennant race.†
p. 21.1 *Martin Luther King = inspiring U.S. civil rights leader who campaigned against the segregation of blacks
- I dreamed the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., knelt down and painted my toenails with the spit from his mouth, and every nail was red like he'd been sucking on red hots.†
p. 59.3
- He would be one of those drum majors for freedom that Martin Luther King talked about.†
p. 231.3
Definition:
inspiring U.S. civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of blacks; assassinated (1929-1968)