Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop
the sanitation strike of 1968
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Author
Contributions
- Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator - Contributor
Publication
2018 - Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, Pennsylvania
Language
English
Word Count
0 words, Guess
Page Count
0 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101629797189
- ISBN-139781629797182
- Library of Congress Control Number2017949844
- OCLC Control Number1049177287
- Better World Books9781629797182
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL26973804M
Classifications
- DDC[E]
- LCCPZ7.D726
- LCCPZ7.D8947 Mem 2018
Description
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.
Subjects
Topics
HistoryBiographyHistorical20th CenturyAssassinationSocial ThemesLabor movementRace relationsPeople & PlacesJuvenile fictionAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsTeachers, fictionChildren's fictionTennessee, fictionPrejudice & RacismUnited states, historySanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968Sanitation Workers Strike (Memphis, Tennessee : 1968) fast (OCoLC)fst01404522 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01404522
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- Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop: the sanitation strike of 1968
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