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050 0 0 _aE185.97.K5
_bB38 2012
082 0 4 _a323/.092
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100 1 _aBausum, Ann.
245 1 0 _aMarching to the mountaintop :
_bhow poverty, labor fights, and civil rights set the stage for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final hours /
_cAnn Bausum ; with a foreword byJames Lawson.
260 _aWashington, DC :
_bNational Geographic,
_cc2012.
300 _a104 p. :
_bill. ;
_c29 cm.
510 3 _aSchool Library Journal starred, March 2012
510 3 _aBulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 2012
510 3 _aBooklist, February 2011
510 3 _aKirkus Review, December 2011
520 _aExamines the link between the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., discussing how the strike, the media, politics, the civil rights movement, and the labor protests all laid the foundations for what many consider to be King's greatest speech, given just days before he was killed, and how that speech and King's death influenced the end of the strike.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 98-102), discography (p. 100), filmography (p. 100), and index.
505 0 _aDeath in Memphis -- Strike! -- Impasse -- A war on poverty -- Marching in Memphis -- Last days -- Death in Memphis, reprise -- Overcome.
521 0 _a7.7
_bFollett Library Resources
521 2 _a5-8
_bFollett Library Resources
600 1 0 _aKing, Martin Luther,
_cJr.,
_d1929-1968
_vJuvenile literature.
600 1 0 _aKing, Martin Luther,
_cJr.,
_d1929-1968
_xAssassination
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aSanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aLabor movement
_zTennessee
_zMemphis
_xHistory
_y20th century
_vJuvenile literature.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_zTennessee
_zMemphis
_xSocial conditions
_y20th century
_vJuvenile literature.
651 0 _aMemphis (Tenn.)
_xRace relations
_xHistory
_y20th century
_vJuvenile literature.
600 1 1 _aKing, Martin Luther,
_cJr.,
_d1929-1968.
600 1 1 _aKing, Martin Luther,
_cJr.,
_d1929-1968
_xAssassination.
650 1 _aSanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.
650 1 _aLabor movement
_zTennessee
_zMemphis
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 1 _aAfrican Americans
_zTennessee
_zMemphis
_xSocial conditions
_y20th century.
651 1 _aMemphis (Tenn.)
_xRace relations
_xHistory
_y20th century.
600 1 7 _aKing, Martin Luther,
_cJr.,
_d1929-1968.
_2sears
600 1 7 _aKing, Martin Luther,
_cJr.,
_d1929-1968
_xAssassination.
_2sears
650 7 _aSanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.
_2sears
650 7 _aLabor movement
_zMemphis (Tenn.)
_xHistory.
_2sears
650 7 _aAfrican Americans
_zMemphis (Tenn.)
_xSocial conditions.
_2sears
651 7 _aMemphis (Tenn.)
_xRace relations
_xHistory.
_2sears
521 2 _a5-8
510 0 _aSchool Library Journal starred
510 0 _aBulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre
510 0 _aBooklist
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521 8 _a1200L
_bLexile
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001 24026
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