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1) Selma
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historical struggle to secure voting rights for all people. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1964"--source of summary not specified.
2) Selma
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Series
Language
English
Description
On April 2, 1865, one of the last battles of the Civil War destroyed nearly three-fourths of Selma and effected tremendous change in the lives of its people. At the war's beginning, Selma became a transportation center and one of the main manufacturing centers supporting the South's war effort. Its foundries produced much-needed supplies and munitions, and its naval yard constructed Confederate warships. A century later, Selma again became the scene...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Vivid storytelling and authentic dialogue bring American history to life and place readers in the shoes of ten people who experienced one of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement - the marches from Selma to Montgomery.
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Language
English
Description
Selma Metzger and her daughter survive concentration camps in Nazi Germany during WWII. Her daughter is reunited with her in a younger women's camp and tells Selma to lie about her age to survive the death camps. Selma then cares for her daughter as they work in labor concentration camps in Eastern Europe until they are liberated by the Russian Army.
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Series
Language
English
Description
On Sunday afternoon, March 7, 1965, roughly six hundred peaceful demonstrators set out from Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in a double-file column to march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. Leading the march were Hosea Williams of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Upon reaching Broad Street, the marchers turned left to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge that...
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Language
Deutsch
Description
Der erste Roman über Selma Lagerlöf widmet sich den eher unbekannten Seiten der berühmten schwedischen Schriftstellerin.
Selma Lagerlöf erhält als erste Frau den Literaturnobelpreis und einen Sitz in der Schwedischen Akademie. Ihr Werk "Die wunderbare Reise des kleinen Nils Holgersson mit den Wildgänsen" zählt noch heute zur Weltliteratur. In ihrem großen Roman zeigt Charlotte von Feyerabend jedoch auch die unbekannten Seiten der berühmten...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Each Flash Points: Stand Up! EShort is a single chapter from the full Flash Points: Stand Up! Title, packaged as a mini ebook. Flash Points: Stand Up! Eshorts include Jackie Robinson, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, The Selma to Montgomery March, and Protest at the 1968 Olympics.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the rights of African-Americans. In this memoir, she shows today's young readers what it means to fight nonviolently (even when the police are using violence, as in the Bloody Sunday protest) and how...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Explores the Selma Voting Rights Marches of 1965, including the causes of the protests, the march organizers, the violence surrounding the events, and the impact the marches had on the passage of the Voting Rights Act"--Provided by publisher.
13) My Selma
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Combining family stories of the everyday and the extraordinary as seen through the eyes of her twelve-year-old self, Willie Mae Brown gives readers an unforgettable portrayal of her coming of age in a town at the crossroads of history. As the civil rights movement and the fight for voter rights unfold in Selma, Alabama, many things happen inside and outside the Brown family's home that do not have anything to do with the landmark 1965 march across...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1965, during the turbulent early days of the right-to-vote movement. The story of a young schoolgirl in Selma, Alabama, who is inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to resist the degradation that her fellow African-Americans are suffering.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Twelve-year old Essie believes that Black people should be allowed to vote, and she's willing to march for that right. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, Essie puts on her best dress to join protesters as they plan to visit the governor in Montgomery, Alabama. But as the 600 marchers approach the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, they are stopped by angry state troopers who will do whatever it takes to stop the peaceful protesters."
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As the civil rights movement and the fight for voter rights unfold in Selma, Alabama, many things happen inside and outside the Brown family's home that do not have anything to do with the landmark 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Yet the famous outrages which unfold on that span form an inescapable backdrop in this collection of stories. In one, Willie Mae takes it upon herself to offer summer babysitting services to a glamorous single...