Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop
The Sanitation Strike of 1968
Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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:
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.
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.
Target Audience: 800L
ISBN:
9781629797182
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
P Duncan | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Picture Book | Out (Due: 6/8/2024) |
P Duncan | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Picture Book | Out (Due: 5/9/2024) |
P Duncan | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Picture Book | In |
P Duncan | Sandhills Indoors | Picture Book | In |
P Duncan | St. Andrews Indoors | Picture Book | In |
P Duncan | St. Andrews Indoors | Display, Picture Book | In |
P Duncan | St. Andrews Indoors | Picture Book | In |
P Duncan | St. Andrews Indoors | Picture Book | In |
P Duncan | Southeast | Picture Book | Out (Due: 5/22/2024) |
Includes bibliography.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2019.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2019.