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African Americans Tennessee Memphis Social conditions 20th century Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Assassination Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Assassination Juvenile literature Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Juvenile literature Labor movement Tennessee Memphis History 20th century Memphis (Tenn.) Race relations History 20th century Ray, James Earl 1928-1998 Ray, James Earl 1928-1998 Juvenile literature Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968Duncan, Alice Faye
Summary: Recounts the 1968 sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his final speech to strikers the night before his assassination, and details the perseverance of strikers before and after his death.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 331.892 DUNSwanson, James L.
Summary: "James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of thetime, and a blow-by-blow examination of the assassination and its aftermath."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018