Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Hours
by Bausum, Ann
Jane Addams Book Award Finalist/Winner BCarter G. Woodson Award/HonorU.S.Black PeopleCanadian Children's Book CentreMinority RightsPoverty & Social Equality
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AR Book Level
8.9
AR Points
4
Word Count
20,069
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
148836 EN
About this book
This book explores how the media, politics, the Civil Rights Movement, and labor protests all converged to set the scene for one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatest speeches and his tragic death.
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