Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the Sanitation Strike of 1968 / Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
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TextPublisher: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, [2018]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- volume
- 9781629797182
- 1629797189
- Memphis, Martin, & the mountaintop
- Sanitation Strike of 1968
- Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 -- Juvenile literature
- Labor movement -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Juvenile literature
- 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
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination
- 331.8 DUN 331.892
Booklist starred, August 2018
Kirkus Starred, July 2018
Publishers Weekly Annex, July 2018
Recounts the 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike in Memphis, Tennessee, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his final speech to strikers the night before his assassination, and details the perseverance of strikers before and after his death.
Includes bibliographical references.
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