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Author:
Bausum, Ann, author.
Title:
Marching to the mountaintop : how poverty, labor fights, and civil rights set the stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final hours / Ann Bausum ; with a foreword by James Lawson.
Publisher:
National Geographic,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
1 online resource (104 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Subject:
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Assassination.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.
Labor movement--Memphis--Memphis--History--20th century.
African Americans--Memphis--Memphis--Social conditions--20th century.
Electronic books.
Memphis (Tenn.)--History--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction -- Death in Memphis -- Strike! -- Impasse -- A war on poverty -- Marching in Memphis -- Last days -- Death in Memphis, reprise -- Overcome -- Afterword -- King's campaigns -- Cast of characters -- Timeline -- Research notes and acknowledgments -- Resource guide.
Summary:
Chronicles events in the last days of Martin Luther King, Jr. Features quotes, a timeline, photographs, and further resources.
Indexed by:
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Bo, 3/2012
Horn Book Guide, 10/2012
Library Media Connection, 8/2012
School Library Journal, 3/2012
ISBN:
1426309457
9781426309458
Locations:
NPSX771 -- North Polk High School (Alleman)
0YSX353 -- Hampton-Dumont High School (Hampton)

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