Sheyann Webb was eight years old and Rachel West was nine when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., arrived in Selma, Alabama, on January 2, 1965, to organize peaceful demonstrations to protest discriminatory voting laws. Selma, Lord, Selma is their firsthand account of the events of the turbulent winter of 1965 -- events that changed the lives of all Alabamians and of all Americans.
This moving story puts the 1965 struggle for Civil Rights in Alabama in very human terms.
You can find the movie adaptation of Webb and West's story here.
Recommended Age | 13 and up |
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Author | Sheyann Webb-Christburg, Rachel West Nelson, Mr. Frank Sikora |
ISBN | 0817308989 |
Publication Date | Apr 30, 1997 |
Publisher | University Alabama Press |
Language | English |