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Book
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Author
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 Honey, Michael K.
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Title
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Going down Jericho Road : the Memphis strike, Martin Luther King’s last campaign / Michael K. Honey.
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Edition
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1st ed.
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Publisher
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New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007.
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Physical Descrip.
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xviii, 619 p., [16] p. of plates ; ill. ; 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-586) and index.
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Contents
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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.
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Subject(s)
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Sanitation -- Tennessee.
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Link to Online
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 Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip072/2006032217.html
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ISBN
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9780393043396 (hardcover)
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0393043398 (hardcover)
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Owned By
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AC Frost Library
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Owned By
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MH Main Library
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Owned By
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SC Neilson Library
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UM Du Bois Library
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