Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968
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Duncan, Alice Faye,
Contributors
Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.
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Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, 2018.
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Published
Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, 2018.
Format
Book
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Recounts the 1968 sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his final speech to strikers the night before his assassination, and details the perseverance of strikers before and after his death.

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African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Juvenile literature.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature.
Labor movement -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 -- Juvenile literature.
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Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.