The March from Selma to Montgomery

by Michael V. Uschan

In 1965, a series of historic marches took place on the fifty-four-mile highway stretching from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery. Nonviolent activists and demonstrators rallied together to protest the racial injustices that prevented the African American community from exercising their constitutional right to vote. This compelling edition describes the demonstrations that took place in Selma and the violence that met the protesters...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420505718
• ISBN13: 9781420505719
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Lucent Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10