Author: Sheyann Webb
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817308989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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This moving firsthand account puts the 1965 struggle for Civil Rights in Selma, Alabama, in very human terms.
Author: Charles Eugene Fager
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781505978643
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The high point of the 1960s civil rights movement, Selma was a landmark achievement for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, religious activists from all over the country, and the brave citizens of Selma who made it happen. This watershed 1965 direct action campaign resulted in passage of the Voting Rights Act. 'Selma 1965," first published in 1974, is widely recognized as the most vivid and accurate account of the Selma movement for general readers. For this Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, it has been updated with an overview of the continuing struggles for justice and equality for all, both in Selma and across the Unites States. Charles Fager was a junior staff member for Dr. King's Southern Christian leadership Conference in 1965. Since then he has been a reporter, researcher, peace activist, and the author of numerous books. "A fascinating portrait of the most significant campaign of the civil rights movement. Charles Fager's Selma 1965 does more than any book I have read to bring that epoch back to life. The story of Selma is a rich, complex one, with important positive and negative lessons for anyone who cares about the art of political organizing. Fager's carefully-researched, precisely written book tells it with great clarity and power." - Washington Post Book World "One of the most notable studies of a social crisis to appear in recent years . . . .As reported in this temperate and balanced account, the victory was not an easy one." -Christian Century "Through graphic scenes and dramatic narration, Selma 1965, provides a fascinating, unforgettable portrait of the most significant campaign of the civil rights movement....His compelling work keeps Selma, 1965, firmly in our memories, our imaginations, and our hearts." -Stephen B. Oates, author, Let the Trumpet Sound, The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author: Lynda Blackmon Lowery
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 069815133X
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes A Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor Book Kirkus Best Books of 2015 Booklist Editors' Choice 2015 BCCB Blue Ribbon 2015 As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the rights of African-Americans. In this memoir, she shows today's young readers what it means to fight nonviolently (even when the police are using violence, as in the Bloody Sunday protest) and how it felt to be part of changing American history. Straightforward and inspiring, this beautifully illustrated memoir brings readers into the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, complementing Common Core classroom learning and bringing history alive for young readers.
Author: Russell Freedman
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0823435687
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The struggle for voting rights was a pivotal event in the history of civil rights. For the fiftieth anniversary of the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman has written a riveting account of African-American struggles for the right to vote. In the early 1960s, tensions in the segrated South intensified. Tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. In January 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a voting rights march and was attacked by a segregationist. In February, the shooting of an unarmed demonstrator by an Alabama state trooper inspired a march from Selma to the state capital. The event got off to a horrific start on March 7 as law officers brutally attacked peaceful demonstrators. But when vivid footage and photographs of the violence was broadcast throughout the world, the incident attracted widespread outrage and spurred demonstrators to complete the march at any cost. Illustrated with more than forty archival photographs, this is an essential chronicle of events every American should know. A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A Junior Library Guild Selection
Author: David A. Adler
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN: 1430130458
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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"...school and public librarians will want to include this in their collections. The audio version...will be in great demand." - School Library Journal
Author: Paula Young Shelton
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 0385376065
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
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In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chapter in America’s history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including Uncle Martin (Martin Luther King), Paula watched and listened to the struggles, eventually joining with her family—and thousands of others—in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery. Poignant, moving, and hopeful, this is an intimate look at the birth of the Civil Rights Movement.
Author: Lucia Raatma
Publisher: Cherry Lake
ISBN: 1624312209
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Being a good citizen is an important part of living in a community. Readers of this book will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about what citizenship is and how they can help play an important role in their own communities. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
Author: Ryan Nagelhout
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group
ISBN: 1482465094
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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No discussion of the civil rights movement of the 1960s is complete without a close look at Martin Luther King Jr. This book is an invaluable source of biographical information that uses King's own immensely powerful words to tell the story of his life and the fight for equality. The Montgomery bus boycott, the March on Washington, and the Civil Rights Act are just some historic events described. Readers will find that King's words still resonate today, years after his tragic death.
Author: Sharon J. Wilson
Publisher: Core Library
ISBN: 9781624038778
Category : Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Informs readers about Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, segregation in public schools, those involved in the case, and the law applied after the ruling, the fourteenth amendment.
Author: Duchess Harris
Publisher: Core Library
ISBN: 9781532117770
Category : Bloody Sunday, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1972
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"In the 1960s, African Americans protested for equal rights in the United States. In the 1970s, Catholics demanded equality in Northern Ireland. Catholics were influenced by the American civil rights movement. But peaceful protests erupted into violence on two fateful days. [This book] explores the legacies of the Bloody Sunday in Alabama and the Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland"--Amazon.com.
