Marching for freedom : walk together, children, and don't you grow weary / Elizabeth Partridge.

Title:

ISBN:

9780670011896

Personal Author:

Partridge, Elizabeth

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Viking, [2009]

Physical Description:

72 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Awards Note:

YALSA Best Book list, 2010 ; ALA Notable Children's Books list, 2010.

A Junior Library Guild selection

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.

Summary:

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.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.6 3

Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.6 3.0 132720.

Conference Subject:

Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)

Geographic Term:

Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Civil rights--Alabama -- History 20th century.

African American children -- Political activity--Alabama -- History 20th century.

Civil rights movements--Alabama -- History 20th century.

Black children -- Political activity--Alabama -- History 20th century