Elizabeth Partridge

Marching For Freedom

Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary

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An inspiring look at the fight for the vote, by an award-winning author Only 44 years ago in the U.S., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was leading a fight to win blacks the right to vote. Ground zero for the movement became Selma, Alabama. Award-winning author Elizabeth Partridge leads you straight into the chaotic, passionate, and deadly three months of protests that culminated in the landmark march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Focusing on the courageous children who faced terrifying violence in order to march alongside King, this is an inspiring look at their fight for the vote. Stunningly emotional black-and-white photos accompany the text… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-101-15097-9
EAN: 9781101150979
Produktnummer: 19315094
Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 80 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 11'454 KB
Sonstiges: Ab 10 J.

Über den Autor

Elizabeth Partridge graduated with a degree in women's studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and later studied traditional Chinese medicine. She was an acupuncturist for more than 20 years before closing her medical practice to write full time.Elizabeth is a National Book Award finalist, Prince Honor winner, and author of several nonfiction books for children, including Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange;This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie; John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth; and Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.