selma (ala.)

"A stirring memoir of growing up Black in a town at the epicenter of the fight for freedom, equality, and human rights"--Provided by publisher.

Provides an account of the march for African American voting rights led by Dr. Martin Luther King in January 1965.

Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading the way. Noted nonfiction authors Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace conducted the last interviews with Reverend Reese before his death in 2018 and interviewed several teachers and their family members in order to tell this story, which is especially important today.

Presents a comprehensive collection of essays that examines the events surrounding the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in March of that year, and discusses some of the issues still to be resolved.

Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading the way.

"In March 1965 nonviolent activists, led by Martin Luther King Jr., began a series of marches in Alabama. They faced brutal resistance as they struggled for voting rights for African-Americans in the South and across the nation. Events unfold in chronological, interwoven stories from the different perspectives of people who experienced the event while it was happening"--Provided by publisher.

Presents the story of Lynda Blackmon Lowery, the youngest person to take part in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lynda's story shows how even young women and men can make a difference for equality.

Presents the story of Lynda Blackmon Lowery, the youngest person to take part in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lynda's story shows how even young women and men can make a difference for equality.

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 this pivotal event in the history of civil rights.