{"product_id":"because-they-marched-the-peoples-campaign-for-voting-rights-that-changed-america","title":"Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights that Changed America","description":"A thorough and impassioned account of the Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights from Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman.\n\n1965. Selma, Alabama. The Edmund Pettus Bridge.\n\nThis is the story of Bloody Sunday and the moments leading up to and after this fateful day in the fight for African American voting rights.\n\nAcross the segregated South, African Americans were denied the most fundamental right in a democracy—the right to vote.\nTired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's Black community began to protest. A march was planned for people, young and old, to march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights. But the march quickly became the site of horrific struggle as law officers brutally attacked peaceful demonstrators. When vivid footage and photographs of the violence was broadcast throughout the world, it attracted outrage and spurred demonstrators to complete the march at any cost.\n\nNewbery Medalist Russell Freedman has written a riveting account of this monumental event in the fight for civil rights. Illustrated with more than forty archival photographs, this is an essential chronicle of events every young person should know.\n\nALA Notable Children's Book\nCalifornia Reading Association, Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Honor Book\nILA Teachers' Choices\nA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year\nA Booklist Editors' Choice\nA Bank Street Best Book of the Year\nA Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Book\nNCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People\nPaterson Prize for Books for Young People Honor Book\nA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0823435687\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0823435687.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Freedman, Russell\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43880811987005,"sku":"BVV.0823435687.A","price":7.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0823435687-0.jpg?v=1792876348","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/because-they-marched-the-peoples-campaign-for-voting-rights-that-changed-america","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}