| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 619 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 571-586) and index. |
| Contents |
Labor and civil rights -- A plantation in the city -- Dr. King, labor, and the civil rights movement -- Struggles of the working poor -- Standing at the crossroads -- On strike for respect -- Hambone's meditations : the failure of community -- Testing the social gospel -- Fighting for the working poor -- Minister to the valley : the poor people's campaign -- Baptism by fire -- Ministers and manhood -- Convergence -- Escalation : the youth movement -- "All labor has dignity" -- "Something dreadful" -- Jericho Road is a dangerous road -- Chaos in the bluff city -- "The movement lives or dies in Memphis" -- State of siege -- Shattered dreams and promised lands -- "A crucifixion event" -- Reckonings -- "We have got the victory" -- Epilogue : how we remember King. |
| Subject |
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Sanitation -- Tennessee.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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| ISBN |
9780393043396 hardcover |
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0393043398 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
9780393043396 |
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