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Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968 /

This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination, when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duncan, Alice Faye (Author)
Other Authors: Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 > Juvenile fiction.
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 > Assassination > Juvenile fiction.
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 > Assassination.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 > Juvenile fiction.
Labor movement > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Social conditions > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.
Labor movement > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Social conditions > 20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
JUVENILE FICTION > Historical > United States > 20th Century.
JUVENILE FICTION > People & Places > United States > African American.
JUVENILE FICTION > Social Themes > Prejudice & Racism.

Evans: Curriculum Collection (4th floor)

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Call Number: PZ7.D726 Me 2018
 
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