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

This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson through prose and poetry. In 1968 she 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 i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duncan, Alice Faye (Author)
Other Authors: Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
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.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 > Juvenile poetry.
Labor movement > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Social conditions > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Social conditions > 20th century > Juvenile poetry.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile poetry.
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968.
Picture books for children.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Assassination.
Labor movement.
Race relations.
Tennessee > Memphis.
1900-1999
Poetry.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Historical fiction.
Genre:
Juvenile fiction.
Juvenile poetry.
Poetry.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Historical fiction.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Variant Title:
Sanitation strike of 1968
Format: Book

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