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

Resource Information

The work Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

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

Title remainder

the sanitation strike of 1968

Statement of responsibility

Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Title variation

Sanitation strike of 1968

Creator

• Duncan, Alice Faye

Contributor

• Christie, R. Gregory, 1971-

Author

• Duncan, Alice Faye

Illustrator

• Christie, R. Gregory, 1971-

Subject

• African Americans -- Tennessee | Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• African Americans -- Tennessee | Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile poetry
• Assassination
• Assassination
• History
• History
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Historical -- United States -- 20th Century
• JUVENILE FICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- African American
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
• Juvenile works
• Juvenile works
• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968
• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968
• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Assassination
• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Juvenile fiction
• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Juvenile fiction
• Labor movement
• Labor movement
• Labor movement -- Tennessee | Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
• Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century -- Juvenile poetry
• Picture books
• Picture books for children
• Race relations
• Race relations
• Sanitation Workers Strike (Memphis, Tennessee : 1968)
• Sanitation Workers Strike (Memphis, Tennessee : 1968)
• Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 -- Juvenile fiction
• Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 -- Juvenile poetry
• African Americans -- Social conditions
• Tennessee -- Memphis
• Tennessee -- Memphis
• African Americans -- Social conditions

Genre

• History
• Juvenile works
• Picture books
• Juvenile poetry
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

• 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 in the protest
• For nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, the Sanitation Strike of 1968 hit close to home. Lorraine marched with her daddy and other sanitation workers through the streets of Memphis fighting for equal rights and safer working conditions. With her mother, she boycotted stores. Lorraine's life was forever changed when she heard Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preach his famous sermon "I've Been to the Mountaintop" to the tired and frustrated strikers. Dr. King was tragically killed the next day, and hope seemed shattered. But Lorraine, her family, and the people of Memphis pushed through those difficult times, because dreamers never quit. Author Alice Faye Duncan based the character of Lorraine Jackson on a teacher who participated in the Memphis Sanitation Strike as a child. Using a riveting combination of poetry and prose, Alice Faye reveals the inspiring story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice. -- From dust jacket

Awards note

Coretta Scott King Honor, illustrator, 2019.

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

JQW

Dewey number

• 813/.54
• [E]
• 323.092
• 331.892/8

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

800L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG

LC call number

• PZ7.D726
• PS3554.U4633942
• PZ7.D726
• PZ7.D8947
• PZ7.D72653

LC item number

• M46 2018
• M46 2018
• Me 2018
• Mem 2018
• Mem 2018

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Reading level

4.9

Study program name

Accelerated Reader

Target audience

juvenile