led a voting rights march and was attacked by a segregationist. In the early 1960s, tensions in the segrated South intensified. Tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. West (U.S.The struggle for voting rights was a pivotal event in the history of civil rights.įor the fiftieth anniversary of the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman has written a riveting account of African-American struggles for the right to vote. United States - Politics and government - Juvenile literature Mexican American cowboys - Southwest, New - History - Juvenile literature Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Indians of North America - Great Plains - Juvenile literature Indians of North America - Biography - Juvenile literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject HeadingsĪfrican Americans - Civil rights - 20th century - Juvenile literatureĪmerica - Discovery and exploration - Juvenile literatureĬhild labor - United States - History - Juvenile literatureĬhildren - United States - Social conditions - Juvenile literatureĬhildren of immigrants - United States - Juvenile literatureĭepressions - 1929 - United States - Juvenile literature Extentħ.85 Cubic Feet (9 boxes )Īfrican American civil rights workers - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography - Juvenile literature "Russell Freedman (1929-)." Something About the Author. "Russell Freedman, 88, Writer of History for Young Readers, Dies." Obituary. Freedman died in 2018 in New York, where he lived with his husband, filmmaker Evans Chan.īiographical sources: Genzlinger, Neil. He was also awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1998, and a National Humanities Medal in 2007.
His book Lincoln: a Photobiography was awarded the 1988 Newbery Medal. Many of his early works focused on nature, before he switched to biographies and historical topics. After graduating, he did counterintelligence work during the Korean War and worked as a journalist and publicist before publishing his first book Teenagers Who Made History, in 1961, and becoming a full time writer. Russell Freedman was born in October 1929 in San Francisco, California and attended the University of California Berkeley.
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