Book
Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America
- Published
- 2014
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Words
- 14983
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 7.6
- AR interest level
- MG+ — upper middle grades, 6–8
- Lexile
- 1160L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 12–17
Tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community protests and the shooting of an unarmed demonstrator by an Alabama state trooper inspires a march from Selma to Montgomery. The text contains profanity and violence.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780823429219
- ISBN-10
- 0823429210
Tags
ALSC NotablesCivil Rights MovementHistory-American/U.S. HistoryNonfictionPeople-African AmericanSocial Issues-Justice/Legal IssuesSocial Issues-Prejudice & DiscriminationUnited States-Alabama