Marching for Freedom
Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary
New York, N.Y. : Viking, [2009]
Format: Ebook
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Description: 72 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
This book recounts the three months of protest that took place before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s landmark march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery to promote equal rights and help African-Americans earn the right to vote.
Contents:
Voteless, 1963 -- Martin Luther King Jr. arrives, 1965 -- Bloody Sunday: March 7, 1965 -- Turn around Tuesday: March 9 -- Day one: Sunday, March 21 -- Day two: Monday, March 22 -- Day three: Tuesday, March 23 -- Day four: Wednesday, March 24 -- Day five: Thursday, March 25 -- Voting Rights Act: August 6, 1965.
Subjects:
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature -- Alabama -- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American children -- Political activity -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature -- Alabama -- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American children -- Political activity -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: Ages 10 up.
ISBN:
9781101149683 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-66) and index.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.6 3
Electronic reproduction. New York : Penguin USA, Inc., 2009. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 135638 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 11186 KB).
YALSA Best Book list, 2010 ; ALA Notable Children's Books list, 2010.
A Junior Library Guild selection
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-66) and index.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.6 3
Electronic reproduction. New York : Penguin USA, Inc., 2009. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 135638 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 11186 KB).
YALSA Best Book list, 2010 ; ALA Notable Children's Books list, 2010.
A Junior Library Guild selection