Because they marched : the people's campaign for voting rights that changed America
by Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018,
| Print Book 2014 |
| Available at 10 Libraries 10 of 11 copies |
Summary
The struggle for voting rights was a pivotal event in the history of civil rights.
For the fiftieth anniversary of the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman has written a riveting account of African-American struggles for the right to vote.
In the early 1960s, tensions in the segrated South intensified. Tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. In January 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a voting rights march and was attacked by a segregationist. In February, the shooting of an unarmed demonstrator by an Alabama state trooper inspired a march from Selma to the state capital. The event got off to a horrific start on March 7 as law officers brutally attacked peaceful demonstrators. But when vivid footage and photographs of the violence was broadcast throughout the world, the incident attracted widespread outrage and spurred demonstrators to complete the march at any cost.
Illustrated with more than forty archival photographs, this is an essential chronicle of events every American should know.
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Selection
For the fiftieth anniversary of the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman has written a riveting account of African-American struggles for the right to vote.
In the early 1960s, tensions in the segrated South intensified. Tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. In January 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a voting rights march and was attacked by a segregationist. In February, the shooting of an unarmed demonstrator by an Alabama state trooper inspired a march from Selma to the state capital. The event got off to a horrific start on March 7 as law officers brutally attacked peaceful demonstrators. But when vivid footage and photographs of the violence was broadcast throughout the world, the incident attracted widespread outrage and spurred demonstrators to complete the march at any cost.
Illustrated with more than forty archival photographs, this is an essential chronicle of events every American should know.
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Contents
The day the teachers marched"White folks business"
Selma's students lead the way
"March, dammit!"
Bloody Sunday
Turnabout Tuesday
A good day to be alive
Because they marched.
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Additional Information
| Subjects |
Selma to Montgomery Rights March
-- (1965 :
-- Selma, Ala.)
-- Juvenile literature.
Selma to Montgomery Rights March -- (1965 : -- Selma, Ala.) African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. African Americans -- Suffrage -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. African Americans -- Civil rights -- History. African Americans -- Suffrage -- History. Civil rights movements -- History. Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature. Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations. |
| Publisher | New York :Holiday House,2014 |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Audience |
Middle Grade |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
83 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm |
| Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-79) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780823429219 0823429210 |
| Other | Classic View |