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Marching for freedom : walk together, children, and don't you grow weary

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2009

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Title:	Marching for freedom : walk together, children, and don't you grow weary
Author:	Partridge, Elizabeth.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009.
Description:	72 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Summary:	This book recounts the three months of protest that took place before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s landmark march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery to promote equal rights and help African-Americans earn the right to vote.
Audience:	10 up. Young Adult
Subjects:	Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) -- Juvenile literature. Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. African American children -- Political activity -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century. African American children -- Political activity -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century. Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century. Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Other Author:	Viking Press publisher
Reading Level:	Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.6 3.
Contents:	Voteless, 1963 -- Martin Luther King Jr. arrives, 1965 -- Bloody Sunday: March 7, 1965 -- Turn around Tuesday: March 9 -- Day one: Sunday, March 21 -- Day two: Monday, March 22 -- Day three: Tuesday, March 23 -- Day four: Wednesday, March 24 -- Day five: Thursday, March 25 -- Voting Rights Act: August 6, 1965.
ISBN	9780670011896 (hardcover)

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