Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968 / Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781629797182
- 1629797189
- 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 -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Duncan Alice Fa | Available | 33111009256286 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Booklist Editors' Choice * Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book * Booklist Top 10 Diverse Books for Middle Grade or Older Readers * Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books
This award-winning book will help kids understand the life and legacy of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
★"(A) history that everyone should know: required and inspired." -- Kirkus Reviews
This picture book tells the story of a nine-year-old girl 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.
In February 1968, two African American sanitation workers were killed by unsafe equipment in Memphis, Tennessee. Outraged at the city's refusal to recognize a labor union that would fight for higher pay and safer working conditions, sanitation workers went on strike. The strike lasted two months, during which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was called to help with the protests. While his presence was greatly inspiring to the community, this unfortunately would be his last stand for justice. He was assassinated in his Memphis hotel the day after delivering his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" sermon in Mason Temple Church. Inspired by the memories of a teacher who participated in the strike as a child, author Alice Faye Duncan reveals the story of the Memphis sanitation strike from the perspective of a young girl with a riveting combination of poetry and prose.
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.