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.
Bausum, Ann.
2012
E185.97.K5 B38 2012 (Mapit)
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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.
Author Bausum, Ann.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9781426309397 (alk. paper)
1426309392 (alk. paper)
9781426309403 (alk. paper)
1426309406 (alk. paper)
Imprint Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2012.
Language English
Description 104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Call Number E185.97.K5 B38 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 323.092 B
Summary Explores how the media, politics, the civil rights movement, and labor protests all converged to set the scene for one of Dr. King's greatest speeches and for his tragic death on April 4, 1968, in Memphis.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Awards Jane Addams Honor, 2013.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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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.

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