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Title Because they marched : the people's campaign for voting rights that changed America / Russell Freedman.

Publication Info.

New York : Holiday House, [2014]

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction	J 323.1196 Fre	---	Available

Edition	First edition.
Description	83 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
	text rdacontent
	unmediated rdamedia
	volume rdacarrier
Summary	Presents an account of the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, an event that sparked the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-79) and index.
Contents	The day the teachers marched -- "White folks' business" -- Selma's students lead the way -- "March, dammit!" -- Bloody Sunday -- Turnabout Tuesday -- A good day to be alive -- Because they marched.
Source	NBK 9/14 PPLY
Subject	Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) -- Juvenile literature.
	Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- Suffrage -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
	Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Suffrage -- History -- 20th century.
	Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN	9780823429219
	0823429210