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Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968 Cover Image Book

Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968 / Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.

Duncan, Alice Faye, (author.). Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- (illustrator.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1629797189
  • ISBN: 9781629797182
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographic references.
Target Audience Note:
800L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 0.5 197315.

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Labor movement > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 > Juvenile fiction.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Fiction.
Picture books.

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  • 52 of 54 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library JUV 331.8928 DUN (Text) 37810435746358 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -