Title: Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop
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: Race relations, Juvenile fiction, Assassination, Labor movement, Social conditions, African Americans, Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968, History, Children's fiction, Tennessee, fiction, Teachers, fiction, Biography, United states, history, Historical, 20th Century, People & Places, African American, Social Themes, Prejudice & Racism, Sanitation Workers Strike (Memphis, Tennessee : 1968) fast (OCoLC)fst01404522 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01404522
Places: Memphis (Tenn.), Tennessee, Memphis
People: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
Time periods: 20th century