Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights

Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights that Changed America

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.Â 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.Â

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
Country USA
Brand Holiday House
Manufacturer Holiday House
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-01-30
UnitCount 1
Format Picture Book
EANs 9780823435685

Country	USA
Brand	Holiday House
Manufacturer	Holiday House
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-01-30
UnitCount	1
Format	Picture Book
EANs	9780823435685

Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights that Changed America

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