March on! [videorecording DVD] : the day my brother Martin changed the world : -- and more stories about African American history / [presented by] Weston Woods ; Scholastic.
Title from container. Narrators: Lynn Whitfield (March on!), Michael Clarke Duncan (Martin's big words), Nikki Giovanni (Rosa), Jerry Dixon (Henry's freedom box). "A read-along DVD." Special features: Interview with Christine King Farris; interview with Ellen Levine.
Contents:
Henry's freedom box: a true story from the underground railroad / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson ; (New York : Scholastic Press, c2007). Martin's big words / by Doreen Rappaport ; illustrated by Bryan Collier ; (New York : Jump at the Sun, 2001, c1997) -- Rosa / written by Nikki Giovanni ; illustrated by Bryan Collier ; (New York : Henry Holt, c2005) -- Henry's freedom box: a true story from the underground railroad / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson ; (New York : Scholastic Press, c2007).
Summary:
March on!: Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister recalls the day she heard him deliver his "I have a dream" speech. Martin's big words: Introduces the ideas and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. using some of his own words. Rosa: Recounts how Rosa Parks set the events of the civil rights movement in motion by refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus. Henry's freedom box: A fictionalized story about a young slave who mails himself to freedom.
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