Marching to the Mountaintop, Ann Bausum
Marching to the Mountaintop, Ann Bausum
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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

Author: Ann Bausum, Jim Lawson

Narrator: Corey Allen

Unabridged: 2 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/21/2012

Synopsis

Bausum's historical nonfiction is routinely lauded by such organizations as the ALA and School Library Journal. In Marching to the Mountaintop, Bausum revisits 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, to examine how the sanitation workers' strike set the scene for one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatest speeches. It would also be the site of his tragic death, an event that dramatically altered the face of the Civil Rights Movement.

About Ann Bausum

Ann Bausum is the daughter of a history professor and grew up in Lexington,
Virginia, with a love of American history and a passion for research. She writes books about US history for young
people and adults, and many of her books deal with issues of social justice.
Her books consistently earn prominent national recognition. Denied,
Detained, Deported (2009) was named the 2010 Carter G. Woodson Book Award
winner at the secondary school level from the National Council for the Social
Studies. Muckrakers (2007) earned the Golden Kite Award as best
nonfiction book of the year from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and
Illustrators. Freedom Riders (2006) gained a Sibert Honor designation
from the American Library Association, and With Courage and Cloth (2004)
received the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award as the year’s best book on
social justice issues for older readers. She lives in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dewin

Great book summarizing the Memphis movement and the Poor People’s Campaign. Of course, I was disappointed that it gave a few pages to discussing James Earl Ray and only one sentence to the civil case against the government. But, honestly, it was one more sentence than I expected.......more

Goodreads review by Dayla

I still get a chill when I hear the words, “I may not get there with.” Dr. King’s final speech. This is a two hour book, but with an emphasis on this speech and the final hours leading up to that speech.......more

Goodreads review by Richie

Richie’s Picks: 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, National Geographic, January 2012, 112p., ISBN: 978-1-4263-0939-7 “How many years can some people exist Before they’re allowed to be free” -- B......more

Goodreads review by Michele

Item Title: Bausum, A. (2012). Marching to the mountaintop: How poverty, labor fights, and civil rights set the stage for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final hours. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic. Citation created by: Michele Powell Format: Biography Call Number: 323.092 BAU Description: An in-depth......more

Goodreads review by Sunday

I couldn’t put this book down. In the introduction, Bausum describes the grim working conditions of the Memphis sanitation workers who were treated like the garbage they collected. The first chapter starts with the gripping death of two workers who, trying to escape the rainy weather, crawled into t......more

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