Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrationscoats of arms

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1049177287

Responsibility statement

Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 4.9, 0.5.

Sub title

the sanitation strike of 1968

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--Amazon

Target audience

juvenile

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Sanitation strike of 1968

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