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Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968
- Title
- Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968 / Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
- Author
- Duncan, Alice Faye
- Publication
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]
- ©2018
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc F 19-405 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 19-603 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 29 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Juvenile fiction
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Assassination > Juvenile fiction
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Sanitation Workers Strike (Memphis, Tennessee : 1968)
- Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 > Juvenile fiction
- Labor movement > Tennessee > Memphis > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction
- African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Social conditions > 20th century > Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION > Historical > 20th Century. > United States
- JUVENILE FICTION > People & Places > African American. > United States
- JUVENILE FICTION > Social Themes > Prejudice & Racism
- African Americans > Social conditions
- Assassination
- Labor movement
- Race relations
- Memphis (Tenn.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction
- Tennessee > Memphis
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Picture books.
- Historical fiction.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- Sc F 19-405
- ISBN
- 9781629797182
- 1629797189
- LCCN
- 2017949844
- OCLC
- 1049177287
- Author
- Duncan, Alice Faye, author.
- Title
- Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968 / Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
- Publisher
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Schomburg Children's Collection.Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 19-405JFF 19-603