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)

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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" --

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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.)

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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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