Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary
by Elizabeth Partridge
In 1965, Selma, Alabama, became the focal point of the struggle to gain voting rights... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2009
Word Count 15,232
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 960L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 132720
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)--Juvenile literature
- 20th century
- Civil rights movements--Alabama--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--History--20th century
- Alabama--Race relations--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights
- Civil rights movements--Alabama--History--20th century
- African American children
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- African American children--Political activity--Alabama--History--20th century
- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- African American children--Political activity--Alabama--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- History
- African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Alabama
- Alabama--Race relations--History--20th century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Race relations
- Civil rights movements
- Political activity
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Awards & Distinctions 6

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2020
Winner, 2010

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2010

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2009
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