Because they marched : the people's campaign for voting rights that changed America
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Holiday House, [2014]
Physical Description
83 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Summary
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman presents an account of this pivotal event in the history of civil rights.
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.
Subjects
- 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 > 20th century.
- Selma (Ala.) > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
- Selma (Ala.) > Race relations.
- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) > Juvenile literature.
- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)