| Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America Contributor(s): Freedman, Russell (Author), Gardiner, Rodney (Narrated by) |
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ISBN: 152004691X ISBN-13: 9781520046914 Publisher: Dreamscape Media
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African American |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| Age Level: 8-12 |
| Grade Level: 3-7 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 4.9" L (0.10 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Topical - Black History |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Unabridged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the early 1960s, tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. The struggle received nationwide attention when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a voting rights march in January, 1965, 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 of Montgomery. The march got off to a horrific start on March 7 as law officers attacked peaceful demonstrators. Broadcast throughout the world, the violence attracted widespread outrage and spurred demonstrators to complete the march at any cost. On March 25, after several setbacks, protesters completed the fifty-four-mile march to a cheering crowd of 25,000 supporters. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gardiner, Rodney: - Rodney Gardiner is an actor and writer who has performed on many occasions with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and dozens of stage plays Off-Broadway.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. |
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