Marching for freedom : walk together, children, and don't you grow weary / Elizabeth Partridge.

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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Main Author: Partridge, Elizabeth
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, [2009]
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Selma to Montgomery Rights March > (1965 : > Selma, Ala.) > Juvenile literature.
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.
Alabama > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
NonFiction.
Juvenile.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
NonFiction.
Juvenile.
Physical Description:72 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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.