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.
2012
CMC 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
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781426309397 (alk. paper)
1426309392 (alk. paper)
9781426309403 (alk. paper)
1426309406 (alk. paper)
1426309392 (alk. paper)
9781426309403 (alk. paper)
1426309406 (alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2012.
Language
English
Description
104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Call Number
CMC 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.
Audience
1200L Lexile
Awards
Jane Addams Honor, 2013.
Record Appears in
Table of 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.
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.