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The story of the Selma voting rights marches in photographs
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.
Subjects
- African Americans > Suffrage > Alabama > Selma > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Suffrage > Alabama > Selma > History > 20th century > Pictorial works.
- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) > Juvenile literature.
- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) > Pictorial works.