Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America
Author: Freedman, Russell
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level
7.6
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
14983
Points per Word
0.0002
Page Count
83
Points per Page
0.036145
Description
Tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community protests and the shooting of an unarmed demonstrator by an Alabama state trooper inspires a march from Selma to Montgomery. The text contains profanity and violence.