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Author:

Raatma, Lucia.

Title:

Selma's bloody Sunday / by Lucia Raatma.

Publisher:

Compass Point Books,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Juvenile literature.
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968.
African Americans--History--Selma--Selma--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--Selma--Selma--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements--Selma--Selma--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--Selma--Selma--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Selma--Selma--History--20th century.
Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965.
Civil rights movements--Selma--Selma--History--20th century.
Selma (Ala.)--History--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Selma (Ala.)--History--History--20th century.
Alabama--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.

Contents:

Day to remember -- Time to change -- Right to vote -- "An American tragedy" -- Selma to Montgomery -- After the marches.

Summary:

The 1870 passage of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, that no man could be denied the right to vote, was a big step forward in the civil rights movement. However, nearly 100 years later, most African Americans in the South still could not vote. In March 1965, a march from Selma, Alabama, to the state Capitol in Montgomery was planned to demand voting rights. But the marches only made it six blocks before they were stopped and brutally attacked by state troopers. March 7 became known as Bloody Sunday. The beatings outraged Americans who rallied to support the civil rights movement.

Series:

We the people

ISBN:

0756538475 (library binding)
9780756538477 (library binding)

LCCN:

2008005731

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)