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: 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