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Genre/Form: | Picture books for children Children's literature Juvenile literature Fiction History Juvenile works Picture books Historical fiction Electronic books Juvenile fiction |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Duncan, Alice Faye. Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop. Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2018] (DLC) 2017949844 (OCoLC)1049177287 |
Named Person: | Martin Luther King, Jr.; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Material Type: | Document, Fiction, Juvenile audience, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alice Faye Duncan; R Gregory Christie |
ISBN: | 9781635924312 1635924316 |
OCLC Number: | 1182537672 |
Awards: | ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019 Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2018 Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Younger Readers, 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2019 CSMCL Best Books, 2018 Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2019 School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018 |
Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations. |
Responsibility: | Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. |
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Abstract:
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.
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- African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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