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

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Title:

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

Author:

Partridge, Elizabeth.

Personal Author:

Partridge, Elizabeth.

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Viking, [2009]

Physical Description:

72 pages : illustrations ; 25 x 27 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.

Language:

English

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.

Reading Level:

Ages 10 up.

960 Lexile.

Program Information:

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.

Conference Subject:

Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) -- Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

African American children -- Political activity -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.