Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop the sanitation strike of 1968

This picture book tells the story of a nine-year-old girl 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. In February 1968, two African Americ...

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Main Author:	Duncan, Alice Faye (Author)
Other Authors:	Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]
Edition:	First edition.
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. Historical fiction > Juvenile.