Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968 /

Duncan, Alice Faye,

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

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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


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


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


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