Freedman, Russell,

Because they marched : the people's campaign for voting rights that changed America / Russell Freedman. - First edition. - 83 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The day the teachers marched -- "White folks business" -- Selma's students lead the way -- "March, dammit!" -- Bloody Sunday -- Turnabout Tuesday -- A good day to be alive -- Because they marched.

Junior Library Guild

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 this pivotal event in the history of civil rights.

10-13. 5-8.



A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)

9780823429219 (hardcover) : $16.50

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


African Americans--Civil rights--History--Alabama--Selma--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Suffrage--History--Alabama--Selma--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements--History--Alabama--Selma--20th century--Juvenile literature.


Selma (Ala.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature.

F334.S4 / F74 2014

323.1196/073076145