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Because They Marched

by Russell Freedman
Rodney Gardiner
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In the early 1960s, tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. The struggle received nationwide attention when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a voting rights march in January, 1965, and was attacked by a segregationist. In February, the shooting of an unarmed demonstrator by an Alabama state trooper inspired a march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery. The march got off to a horrific start on March 7 as law officers attacked peaceful demonstrators. Broadcast throughout the world, the violence attracted widespread outrage and spurred demonstrators to complete the march at any cost. On March 25, after several setbacks, protesters completed the fifty-four-mile march to a cheering crowd of 25,000 supporters.

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Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781520046891
  • File size: 51114 KB
  • Release date: January 17, 2017
  • Duration: 01:46:29

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  • ISBN: 9781520046891
  • File size: 51120 KB
  • Release date: January 17, 2017
  • Duration: 01:48:29
  • Number of parts: 2
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Multi-Cultural Geography Young Adult Nonfiction

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English

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Lexile® Measure:1160
Text Difficulty:8-9

In the early 1960s, tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. The struggle received nationwide attention when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a voting rights march in January, 1965, and was attacked by a segregationist. In February, the shooting of an unarmed demonstrator by an Alabama state trooper inspired a march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery. The march got off to a horrific start on March 7 as law officers attacked peaceful demonstrators. Broadcast throughout the world, the violence attracted widespread outrage and spurred demonstrators to complete the march at any cost. On March 25, after several setbacks, protesters completed the fifty-four-mile march to a cheering crowd of 25,000 supporters.

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Multi-Cultural Geography Young Adult Nonfiction
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