Marching for Freedom
Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary
Published on 15. October 2009
Book
Hardback
80 pages
978-0-670-01189-6 (ISBN)
Description
An inspiring look at the fight for the vote, by an award-winning author
Only 44 years ago in the U.S., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was leading a fight to win blacks the right to vote. Ground zero for the movement became Selma, Alabama.
Award-winning author Elizabeth Partridge leads you straight into the chaotic, passionate, and deadly three months of protests that culminated in the landmark march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Focusing on the courageous children who faced terrifying violence in order to march alongside King, this is an inspiring look at their fight for the vote. Stunningly emotional black-and-white photos accompany the text.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Penguin USA
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Fifth Grade and over, Interest Age: From 10 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 262 mm
Width: 244 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-670-01189-6 (9780670011896)
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E-Book
10/2009
Viking Books for Young Readers
€9.99
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Person
Elizabeth Partridge (www.elizabethpartridge.com) is a National Book Award finalist and author of several nonfiction books for children, including Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange; This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie; and the Printz Honor–winning John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.