| Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America Contributor(s): Freedman, Russell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823435687 ISBN-13: 9780823435685 Publisher: Holiday House OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| Lexile Measure: 1160 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7.3" W x 9.1" (0.45 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Topical - Black History |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 167606 Reading Level: 7.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The struggle for voting rights was a pivotal event in the history of civil rights. For the fiftieth anniversary of the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman has written a riveting account of African-American struggles for the right to vote. In the early 1960s, tensions in the segrated South intensified. Tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. In January 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a voting rights march and was attacked by a segregationist. In February, the shooting of an unarmed demonstrator by an Alabama state trooper inspired a march from Selma to the state capital. The event got off to a horrific start on March 7 as law officers brutally attacked peaceful demonstrators. But when vivid footage and photographs of the violence was broadcast throughout the world, the incident attracted widespread outrage and spurred demonstrators to complete the march at any cost. Illustrated with more than forty archival photographs, this is an essential chronicle of events every American should know. A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A Junior Library Guild Selection |
Contributor Bio(s): Freedman, Russell: - Russell Freedman received the Newbery Medal for LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lives in New York City and travels widely to research his books. |