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Because they marched the people's campaign for voting rights that changed America

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Freedman presents a riveting account of this pivotal event in the history of civil rights.

Main Author:	Freedman, Russell (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Holiday House, [2014]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Selma to Montgomery Rights March > (1965 : > Selma, Ala.) > Juvenile nonfiction. African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Selma > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction. African Americans > Suffrage > Alabama > Selma > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction. Civil rights movements > Alabama > Selma > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction. Selma (Ala.) > Race relations > Juvenile nonfiction.

Summary:	To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Freedman presents a riveting account of this pivotal event in the history of civil rights.
Physical Description:	83 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Audience:	Middle Grade
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-79) and index.
ISBN:	9780823429219 (hardcover) 0823429210 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Russell Freedman was born in San Francisco, California on October 11, 1929. He received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley in 1951. After college, he served in the U.S. Counter Intelligence Corps during the Korean War. After his military service, he became a reporter and editor with the Associated Press. In 1956, he took a position at the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson in New York, where he did publicity writing for television. In 1965, he became a full-time writer. His first book, Teenagers Who Made History, was published in 1961. He went on to publish more than 60 nonfiction titles for young readers including Immigrant Kids, Cowboys of the Old West, Indian Chiefs, Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life, Confucius: The Golden Rule, Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America, Vietnam: A History of the War, and The Sinking of the Vasa. He received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography and three Newbery Honors for Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery, The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, and The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. He also received the Regina Medal, the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award, the Orbis Pictus Award, the Sibert Medal, a Sibert Honor, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the National Humanities Medal. He died on March 16, 2018 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography)

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