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Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop

by Alice Faye Duncan · 2018

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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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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of thisteachersteachersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisMemphisMemphisMore like thisLess of thisTennesseeTennesseeMore like thisLess of this
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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 40 pages

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