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Author:

Bausum, Ann.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

National Geographic,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Subject:

King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Juvenile literature.
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Assassination--Juvenile literature.
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968--Juvenile literature.
Labor movement--Memphis--Memphis--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Memphis--Memphis--Social conditions--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Memphis (Tenn.)--History--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

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.

ISBN:

1426309406 (library binding : alk. paper)
9781426309403 (library binding : alk. paper)
1426309392 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781426309397 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)713188700

LCCN:

2011024661

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)