From Selma to Montgomery The Long March to Freedom

Name: From Selma to Montgomery The Long March to Freedom
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ISBN: 9780415529600

ISBN-10: 0415529603

ISBN-13: 9780415529600

Edition: 2014

Authors: Barbara Harris Combs

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On March 7, 1965, a peaceful voting rights demonstration in Selma, Alabama, was met with an unprovoked attack of shocking violence that riveted the attention of the nation. In the days and weeks following "Bloody Sunday," the demonstrators would not be deterred, and thousands of others joined their cause, culminating in the successful march from Selma to Montgomery. The protest marches led directly to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a major piece of legislation, which, ninety-five years after the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, made the practice of the right to vote available to all Americans, irrespective of race. From Selma to Montgomery chronicles the marches, placing…

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List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 11/19/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




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