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Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968 / Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781629797182
  • 1629797189
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [E] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.D72653 Me 2018
Summary: 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.
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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.