Duncan, Alice Faye,

Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the Sanitation Strike of 1968 / Memphis, Martin, & the mountaintop Sanitation Strike of 1968 Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

6.8 3-6

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 --Juvenile literature.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 --Assassination--Juvenile literature.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 --Assassination.


Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968--Juvenile literature.
Labor movement--History--Tennessee--Memphis--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Social conditions--Tennessee--Memphis--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.
Labor movement--History--Tennessee--Memphis--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--Tennessee--Memphis--20th century.


Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

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