Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop: the sanitation strike of 1968
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1629797189
ISBN 13
9781629797182
Category
Non-Fiction Children & Young Adult
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Publication Year
2018
Publisher
Pages
1
Tags
Labor movement, Memphis, Sanitation Workers Strike, Tenn.), 1968, King, Martin Luther, race relations, Juvenile fiction, Civil rights movements, History, Prejudice & Racism, Social Themes, 20th Century, Assassination, Picture Books, African Americans, Fiction, Social conditions, United States, Historical, Juvenile literature, People & Places, African American, Juvenile works, Tennessee, Memphis (Tenn.)
Description
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.
Biblio Notes
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references.
Number of Copies
1
