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Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
By Duncan, Alice Faye.
- ISBN
- 9781629797182
- Publisher
- Calkins Creek
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2018 | Elementary
Gr 2–5—Duncan tells the story of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. through the voice of Lorraine Jackson, an invented character who looks back on her childhood as the nine-year-old daughter of a sanitation worker. The book opens with a poem, beginning simply, "I remember Memphis," and continues mostly in prose, with several pages of poetry in different formats interspersed. The haiku "O...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
The 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike is not often covered in picture books, despite its being Dr. King's final march before his assassination. In a poigna...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
The 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike is not often covered in picture books, despite its being Dr. King's final march before his assassination. In a poigna...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
