The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist

by Cynthia Levinson

Book Overview

Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you're never too little to make a difference.

Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else.

So when she heard grown-ups talk about wiping out Birmingham's segregation laws, she spoke up. As she listened to the preacher's words, smooth as glass,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481400703
• ISBN13: 9781481400701
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.2" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 5