The teachers march! : how Selma's teachers changed history / Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace ; illustrated by Charly Palmer
- Author
- Wallace, Sandra Neil
- Published
- New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyd Mills & Kane, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Edition
- First edition.
- Physical Description
- 46 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Additional Creators
- Wallace, Rich, Palmer, Charly, and Calkins Creek (Firm)
- Summary
- "Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading the way. Noted nonfiction authors Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace conducted the last interviews with Reverend Reese before his death in 2018 and interviewed several teachers and their family members in order to tell this story, which is especially important today" --
- Subject(s)
- 1900-1999
- African American teachers—Political activity—Alabama—Selma—History—20th century—Juvenile literature
- African Americans—Civil rights—Alabama—Selma—History—20th century—Juvenile literature
- African Americans—Suffrage—Alabama—Selma—History—20th century—Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements—Alabama—Selma—History—20th century—Juvenile literature
- African Americans—Civil rights—Alabama—Selma—History—20th century
- African Americans—Suffrage—Alabama—Selma—History—20th century
- Civil rights movements—Alabama—Selma—History—20th century
- Enseignants noirs américains—Activité politique—Alabama—Selma—Histoire—20e siècle—Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Noirs américains—Droits—Alabama—Selma—Histoire—20e siècle—Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Noirs américains—Suffrage—Alabama—Selma—Histoire—20e siècle—Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme—Alabama—Selma—Histoire—20e siècle—Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Juvenile nonfiction / People & Places / United States / African American
- Juvenile nonfiction / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism
- Juvenile nonfiction / History / United States / 20th Century
- African Americans—Civil rights
- African Americans—Suffrage
- Civil rights movements
- Race relations
- Teachers
- African Americans—Suffrage—Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements—Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements—Alabama
- Selma (Ala.)—Race relations—History—20th century—Juvenile literature
- Selma (Ala.)—Race relations
- Alabama—Selma
- Selma (Ala.)—Juvenile literature
- Selma (Ala.)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781629794525 (hardcover)
162979452X (hardcover) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Awards
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
- Endowment Note
- Paterno Libraries Endowment
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