Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America

By Russell Freedman

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Publisher Holiday House Imprint Holiday House ISBN

9780823429219

Awards and Honors Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2014, Middle-Grade Books; Booklist Editors’ Choice 2014, Nonfiction, Older Readers; Booklist Lasting Connections 2014, Social Studies; Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature, Best Multicultural Books of 2014; Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People - 2015, Third to Fifth Grade; Booklist Top 10 Multicultural Nonfiction for Youth, 2015; ALA Notable Books for Children 2015, Older Readers

Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America

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Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Violence: Mild Violence

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March 21, 1965: “This is a great day to be alive,” exclaimed Sister Mary Leoline, one of thousands marching fifty-four miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to support the Voting Rights Act. Time line. Source notes. Selected bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs.

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AR Level 7.6 AR Points 3.0 AR Ready No Canadian Rights Yes Dewey 323.1196/073076145 Title alpha Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America Category Nonfiction Middle Pages Count 96 Genre Nonfiction Topics Selma to Montgomery Rights March, 1965. Selma, Alabama. Race relations. African Americans. Civil rights. Suffrage. Twentieth-century U.S. history. Civil rights movement. SRC Level 11.600000 SRC Points 6.000000 Lexile 1160L Trim Size 11" x 8 1/2" JLG Span Fall Language English Rights type Print Publication date 2014-09-30 JLG Release Date Dec 2014 Minimum grade 5 Maximum grade 8 Reading level Middle Format Print

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