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    Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr's Final Hours
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    Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr's Final Hours
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    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

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    In early 1968 the grisly on-the-job deaths of two African-American sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, prompted an extended strike by that city's segregated force of trash collectors. Their work stoppage became a part of the larger civil rights movement and drew an impressive array of national movement leaders to Memphis, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His assassination in Memphis on April 4 not only sparked protests and violence throughout America; it helped force the acceptance of worker demands in Memphis. Marching to the Mountaintop explores how the media, politics, the Civil Rights Movement, and labor protests all converged to set the scene for one of King's greatest speeches and for his tragic death.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNational Geographic
    Release dateJan 10, 2012
    ISBN9781426309458
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    Ann Bausum

    ANN BAUSUM has written nine National Geographic books for young readers during the past 12 years. Her publication list features six works of social justice history, two presidential history reference books, and a photobiography. She has won numerous awards, including a Sibert Honor Award from the American Library Association and three other national awards for literature.

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    • 4/5
      4Q, 3PAs the title implies, this book is about the last hours of Martin Luther King Jr's life, set in the context of the Memphis, Tennessee, sanitation strike. It discusses how these events evolved and how they sparked protests and violence throughout our country. The story itself is evocative and thought provoking, but the audiobook reproduction leaves something (or several somethings) to be desired... the narration is jerky and stunted and Allen is faced with the daunting challenge of speaking Dr. King's words, a task which he is sadly not up to. Having had my little rant about the poor narrative quality of this one, I did pick up a paper copy of this book to see if it translated better in a written medium. It did - by leaps and bounds. I am happy to report that reading Bausum's words was a much stronger experience than hearing the faulty narration. The printed book also includes photographs that bring a greater depth and sense of reality to the words. The story itself is moving and heartbreaking; allowing the reader to see how far our country has come in regards to racial equality, and how far we still have to go. While this book is very interesting, I'm not sure that it is something that most teens (outside of a few history buffs) will pursue on their own. However, with a little bit of discussion and pushing, it could be more widely appreciated.
    • 5/5
      A vivid, engrossing, and superbly researched chronicle of the events leading up to the final days of Martin Luther King, Jr.
    • 4/5
      In the city of Memphis in the 1960's, the 1,100 black men who worked for the city collecting garbage had more in common with slaves than free men. Their pay was so low they could qualify for welfare. They had to supply their own work clothes and were given inferior and damaged equipment to work with. When two men died after being pulled into the compacting unit on their truck in 1968, and the city did little to help their families or change working conditions, the workers decided to do something. This is a story of the media, the workers and their families in Memphis, and the local and state government that allowed discrimination and terrible prejudice to continue. It is also the story of the men and women who worked to help the impoverished sanitation crews of Memphis, and of Dr. Martin Luther King, whose speeches and influence and presence drew not only crowds of supporters but also those who wished to harm him. James Earl Ray was one of those, and while he was the assassin who murdered Dr. King, he could not quell his message or stop the Civil Rights Movement. National Geographic contributed many historic photos to this well-designed project. A moving and dramatic view into events we have heard little about in history classes. Strong 6th grade readers and up.