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Book

The story of the Selma voting rights marches in photographs

Call Number

  • J 323.1196 ARET (CEN, POW)

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Publication Information

Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, Inc., [2014]

Physical Description

48 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Summary

"Explores the Selma Voting Rights Marches of 1965, including the causes of the protests, the march organizers, the violence surrounding the events, and the impact the marches had on the passage of the Voting Rights Act"--Provided by publisher.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Demanding to vote
  • Hundreds of arrests
  • Bloody Sunday
  • Steps toward justice
  • Marching to freedom
  • Victory at last
  • Conclusion
  • Rights movement timeline
  • Further reading (books and internet addresses)
  • Index.

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