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

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

Partridge, Elizabeth. (Author). Hoover, Jim. (Book designer). Viking Press. (Publisher).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780670011896
  • ISBN: 0670011894
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    72 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Manufactured in China ... book design by Jim Hoover"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-66) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Target Audience Note:
10 up.
Young Adult.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.6 3.
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.6 3.0 132720.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 7.5 5 Quiz: 47706.
Awards Note:
YALSA Best Book list, 2010 ; ALA Notable Children's Books list, 2010.
A Junior Library Guild selection
Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2010
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, 2010
Subject: 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
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
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
Selma to Montgomery Rights March.
African American children Political activity
African Americans Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Race relations
Alabama
African Americans History Alabama
African Americans History
African American children History
Civil rights movements History
African American children History Alabama
Alabama History
NEW LIST 20091215
Genre: Jane Addams Children's Book Award: Winner -- 2010.
Literature.
History.
Juvenile works.
Photographs -- 2009.
Literature.
Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2009.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at State Library of Alabama.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
APLS 323.1196 PAR 31291002933610 ALABAMA Available -

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