Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968
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Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968
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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
- Subject
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- 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
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- 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
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- PZ7.D726
- PS3554.U4633942
- PZ7.D726
- PZ7.D8947
- PZ7.D72653
- LC item number
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- 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
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