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.
9781629797182 1629797189
2017949844
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.
Illustrated works.
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.
9781629797182 1629797189
2017949844
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.
Illustrated works.