March on! : the day my brother Martin changed the world : -- and more stories about African American history / [presented by] Weston Woods ; Scholastic.

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Title:

ISBN:

9780545242196

Publication Information:

[New York] : Distributed by New Video, [2010]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 69 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Title from container.

"A read-along DVD."

Special features: Interview with Christine King Farris; interview with Ellen Levine.

DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation.

Contents:

March on!: the day my brother Martin changed the world / by Dr. Christine King Farris ; illustrated by London Ladd ; (New York : Scholastic Press, c2008) -- Martin's big words / by Doreen Rappaport ; illustrated by Bryan Collier ; (New York : Jump at the Sun, 2001, c1997) -- Rosa / written by Nikki Giovanni ; illustrated by Bryan Collier ; (New York : Henry Holt, c2005) -- Henry's freedom box: a true story from the underground railroad / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson ; (New York : Scholastic Press, c2007).

Summary:

March on!: Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister recalls the day she heard him deliver his "I have a dream" speech.

Martin's big words: Introduces the ideas and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. using some of his own words.

Rosa: Recounts how Rosa Parks set the events of the civil rights movement in motion by refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus.

Henry's freedom box: A fictionalized story about a young slave who mails himself to freedom.

Personal Subject:

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.

Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816-

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Biography

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History