Marching to the Mountaintop
How Poverty, Labor Fights, and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Final Hours
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2012.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Explores how the media, politics, the civil rights movement, and labor protests all converged to set the scene for one of Dr. King's greatest speeches and for his tragic death on April 4, 1968, in Memphis.
Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction -- Death in Memphis -- Strike! -- Impasse -- A war on poverty -- Marching in Memphis -- Last days -- Death in Memphis, reprise -- Overcome -- Afterword -- King's campaigns -- Cast of characters -- Timeline -- Research notes and acknowledgments -- Resource guide.
Subjects:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Teen literature.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Teen literature.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 -- Teen literature.
Labor movement -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Teen literature.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Teen literature.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 -- Teen literature.
Labor movement -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 1200L
ISBN:
9781426309397 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-102) and index.