Research Catalog
Because they marched : the people's campaign for voting rights that changed America
- Title
- Because they marched : the people's campaign for voting rights that changed America / Russell Freedman.
- Author
- Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018
- Publication
- New York : Holiday House, [2014]
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc+ D 21-773 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Description
- 83 pages : illustrations; 23 x 29 cm
- Summary
- To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Freedman presents a riveting account of this pivotal event in the history of civil rights.
- Subject
- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) > 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 > Alabama > Selma > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
- Selma (Ala.) > Race relations > Juvenile literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-79) and index.
- Audience (note)
- Middle Grade
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc+ D 21-773
- ISBN
- 9780823429219 (hardcover)
- 0823429210 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2013038991
- OCLC
- 861335288
- Author
- Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018, author.
- Title
- Because they marched : the people's campaign for voting rights that changed America / Russell Freedman.
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, [2014]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-79) and index.
- Added Author
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc+ D 21-773Sc+ D 14-86