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Author:

Bausum, Ann.

Title:

Marching to the mountaintop [sound recording] : [how poverty, labor fights, and civil rights set the stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final hours] / Ann Bausum.

Format:

[sound recording] :

Edition:

[Library ed.].

Publisher:

Recorded Books,

Copyright Date:

p2013

Description:

2 sound discs (2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Juvenile sound recordings.--Juvenile sound recordings.
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Assassination--Juvenile sound recordings.--Juvenile sound recordings.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968--Juvenile sound recordings.--Juvenile sound recordings.
Labor movement--Memphis--Memphis--History--20th century--Juvenile sound recordings.--Juvenile sound recordings.
African Americans--Memphis--Memphis--Social conditions--20th century--Juvenile sound recordings.--Juvenile sound recordings.
Books on compact disc, Unabridged.
Memphis (Tenn.)--History--History--20th century--Juvenile sound recordings.--Juvenile sound recordings.

Other Authors:

Allen, Corey. nrt

Notes:

Compact disc. Unabridged. Subtitle from container. Narrated by Corey Allen.

Summary:

Bausum revisits 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, to examine how the sanitation workers' strike set the scene for one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatest speeches. It would also be the site of his tragic death, an event that dramatically altered the face of the Civil Rights Movement.

ISBN:

1470341840
9781470341848

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)