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...
| Main Author: | Duncan, Alice Faye (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Honesdale, Pennsylvania :
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
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 American sanitation workers were killed by unsafe equipment in Memphis, Tennessee. Outraged at the city's refusal to recognize a labor union that would fight for higher pay and safer working conditions, sanitation workers went on strike. The strike lasted two months, during which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was called to help with the protests. While his presence was greatly inspiring to the community, this unfortunately would be his last stand for justice. He was assassinated in his Memphis hotel the day after delivering his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" sermon in Mason Temple Church. Inspired by the memories of a teacher who participated in the strike as a child, author Alice Faye Duncan reveals the story of the Memphis sanitation strike from the perspective of a young girl with a riveting combination of poetry and prose. -- |
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| Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Awards: |
ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019 Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2018 Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Younger Readers, 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2019 CSMCL Best Books, 2018 Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2019 School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018 |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781629797182 1629797189 9780780431294 0780431294 9781725423275 1725423278 |
| Author Notes: |
R. Gregory Christie has illustrated more than fifty books for young adults and children. His work has won a Caldecott Honor, a New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year Award (two times), the Coretta Scott King Honor in Illustration (three times), the NAACP's Image Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. He currently operates his store of autographed children's books, GAS-ART Gifts, in Decatur, Georgia. Visit gas-art.com. |