Marching to the mountaintop : how poverty, labor fights, and civil rights set the stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final hours / by Ann Bausum.

Explores how the media, politics, the civil rights movement, and labor protests all converged to set the scene for one of Dr. King's greatest speeches and for his tragic death on April 4, 1968, in Memphis.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Main Author: Bausum, Ann
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2012]
Edition:First edition.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 > Juvenile literature.
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 > Assassination > Juvenile literature.
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 > Assassination.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 > Juvenile literature.
Labor movement > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Social conditions > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.
Labor movement > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Social conditions > 20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Biographies.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Physical Description:104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Format: Book

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