Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop
Subtitle: the sanitation strike of 1968
By: Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Contributors: Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Published: 2018
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781629797182
Subjects: Race relations; Juvenile fiction; Assassination; Labor movement; Social conditions; African Americans; Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968; History
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.
Notes: Includes bibliography.

Accelerated Reader MG 4.9 0.5 0.5 197315