Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights that Changed America
Written by Russell Freedman
Narrated by Rodney Gardiner
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Russell Freedman
Russell Freedman (1929-2018) received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography. He was the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lived in New York City and traveled widely to research his books.
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Reviews for Because They Marched
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The photo chosen for the cover of this book is significant and worthy of discussion with students: Why this image of all the stirring photos in the book? The first thought I had is that the photo shows the movement as genuinely multicultural. Many photos in the book show only Blacks marching, and Whites in the role of the oppressor. While often the case, that isn't the message of the movement, so this image with Blacks and Whites helps show that the fight for justice came from both races. I would want to ask what the flags that frame the photo convey to the viewer. That this photo shows just folks rather than the leaders in the movement is also significant. I love that the book begins with teachers marching as well as encompassing many marches pivotal to the struggle for justice. As Freedman impresses in other books about the movement, he hones in on the role of the young, which seems to have been to inspire older people who more than likely were worn down and too accepting of the oppression.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Through short chapters, a compelling narrative, and great use of powerful photograps and primary sources, Freedman offers a superb account of this momentous, troubled and violent time in American history.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tells the story of the struggle in Selma for voting rights. Starting with teen protestors and moving on to the larger community an eventually a national stage, this campaign was contentious and helped to push along the voting rights act of 1965. Russell Freedman peppers the engaging, narrative style text with original photographs. I just read Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom which covers the same ground from a very personal, individual perspective.