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Cover of The Teachers March!: How Selma’s Teachers Changed History

The Teachers March!: How Selma’s Teachers Changed History

Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace

This account depicts the 1965 Selma Teachers’ March and the educators who took part in it. Reverend F. D. Reese appears as a leader in Selma, Alabama’s Voting Rights Movement. The book addresses an often-overlooked part of African Americans’ struggle for voting rights and presents protest as action taken for a just cause. Vibrant acrylic illustrations accompany the narrative, which uses fictionalized dialogue. A timeline and bibliography provide additional historical material.

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Themes
Activism · Government And Civics · History · Social Justice
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Published
September 29, 2020
ISBN-13
9781629794525
Language
English
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