Marching For Freedom - Walk Together Children And Don't You Grow Weary (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Partridge, E. (2009) Marching for freedom: walk together, children, and don't you grow weary. New York. Penguin GroupInformationBooklist Starred ReviewThis is a fantastic book to teach children about the struggle African Americans face when trying to vote in the 60s. The book offers images that go along with the true story that Elizabeth Partridge presents. The reader learns about about the events that occurred in Selma, Alabama and particularly the events that occurred on March 7, 1965 which is known as "Bloody Sunday". On this day the reader learns how children learned how to protect themselves during the march. They prepared themselves for tear gas, beatings, and other forms of physical harm. This book is best suited for older students 10 and up. I would use this book as a source to help support history lessons in a class about the struggle to gain the right to vote. This picture book is informational and told from many perspectives during the Civil Rights movement. This story follows the children of the Civil Rights movements and the obstacles they faced fighting for the voting rights and equal rights in general of their parents and their own generation. The photos and first hand accounts read like a story. This would be a great addition to any Civil Rights unit.
What do You think about Marching For Freedom - Walk Together Children And Don't You Grow Weary (2011)?
Another moving and informative chronicle of the civil rights movement.
—steffi
Great non-fiction! Great photographs!
—jerryokonedo
