OL4300883W Page_number_confidence 92.47 Pages 666 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.17 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211214002501 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 564 Scandate 20211206205623 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780393043396 Tts_version 4. Urn:lcp:goingdownjericho0000hone:epub:21d8b7f9-6d7d-406a-adb3-f99cb6f56ad4 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier goingdownjericho0000hone Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2dqrpzb4p5 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780393043396 Lccn 2006032217 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9904 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA14624 Openlibrary_edition With novelistic drama and rich scholarly detail, Michael Honey brings to life the magnetic characters who clashed on the Memphis battlefield: stalwart black workers fiery black ministers volatile, young, black-power advocates idealistic organizers and tough-talking unionists the first black members of the Memphis city council the white upper crust who sought to prevent change or conflagration and, finally, the magisterial Martin Luther King Jr., undertaking a Poor People's Campaign at the crossroads of his life, vilified as a subversive, hounded by the FBI, and seeing in the working poor of Memphis his hopes for a better America.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:10:53 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA40304105 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Then two sanitation workers were chewed up like garbage in the back of a faulty truck, igniting a public employee strike that brought to a boil long-simmering issues of racial injustice. Wretched conditions, abusive white supervisors, poor education, and low wages locked most black workers into poverty. Table of Contents for Going down Jericho Road : the Memphis strike, Martin Luther Kings last campaign / Michael K. Honey (Author) 40 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 7.12 - 30.00 27 Used from 2.71 4 New from 24.97 1 Collectible from 15. With novelistic drama and rich scholarly detail, Michael Honey brings to life the magnetic characters who clashed on the Memphis battlefield: stalwart black workers fiery black ministers volatile, young, black-power advocates idealistic organizers and tough-talking unionists the first black members of the Memphis city council the white. Memphis in 1968 was ruled by a paternalistic "plantation mentality" embodied in its good-old-boy mayor, Henry Loeb. Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign Illustrated Edition by Michael K.
The definitive history of the epic struggle for economic justice that became Martin Luther King Jr.'s last crusade.
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