Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.
Published
Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books
Fiction Duncan, A
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Fiction Duncan, A
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Southside - Children's Picture Books
Fiction Duncan, A
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Fiction Duncan, A
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Published
Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 4.9, 1 Points
Level 4.9, 1 Points
Lexile measure
800
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, 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.
Target Audience
800L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,4.9,0.5,197315.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Juvenile fiction.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 -- Juvenile fiction.
Labor movement -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Juvenile fiction.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 -- Juvenile fiction.
Labor movement -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 -- Juvenile fiction.
Other Subjects
African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 -- Assassination.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968.
Labor movement -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 -- Assassination.
King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968.
Labor movement -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century.
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.