@article{1357513,
      recid = {1357513},
      author = {Freedman, Russell,},
      title = {Because they marched : the people's campaign for voting  rights that changed America /},
      pages = {83 pages :},
      abstract = {"To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march for  voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery  Medalist Freedman presents a riveting account of this  pivotal event in the history of civil rights. In the early  1960s, tensions in the segregated South intensified. Tired  of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's  black community began to protest. The struggle received  nationwide attention when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a  voting rights march in January, 1965, and was attacked by a  segregationist. In February, the shooting of an unarmed  demonstrator by an Alabama state trooper inspired a march  from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery. The march  got off to a horrific start on March 7 as law officers  attacked peaceful demonstrators. Broadcast throughout the  world, the violence attracted widespread outrage and  spurred demonstrators to complete the march at any cost. On  March 25, after several setbacks, protesters arrived at the  end of the fifty-four-mile march to a cheering crowd of  25,000 supporters. Illustrated with more than forty  photographs, this is an essential chronicle of events every  American should know. Includes timeline, source notes,  photo credits, bibliography, index."--Publisher's  description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1357513},
}