Title: Marching for freedom
Subtitle: walk together, children, and don't you grow weary
Description: An inspiring look at the fight for the vote, by an award-winning authorOnly 44 years ago in the U.S., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was leading a fight to win blacks the right to vote. Ground zero for the movement became Selma, Alabama.Award-winning author Elizabeth Partridge leads you straight into the chaotic, passionate, and deadly three months of protests that culminated in the landmark march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Focusing on the courageous children who faced terrifying violence in order to march alongside King, this is an inspiring look at their fight for the vote. Stunningly emotional black-and-white photos accompany the text.
Subjects: Race relations, African Americans, Civil rights, Juvenile Nonfiction, African American children, Civil rights movements, Nonfiction, Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Juvenile literature, Political activity, History, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
Places: Alabama
Time periods: 20th century