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Freedman, Russell

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

83 pp. | Holiday | August, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-2921-9 $20.00 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-8234-3263-9
(2) YA With characteristically clear prose sprinkled liberally with primary source quotes and carefully selected photographs, Freedman documents the historic 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march that sparked the passing of the Voting Rights Act, "the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement." Freedman's opening chapter is particularly effective because it focuses on the teachers' march to the courthouse to register as a major trigger for the movement. Timeline. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2014

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