| Title | : | You Choose: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Michael Bernard Burgan |
| Release | : | 2015-02-01 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | History for Young Adults, Books, Young Adult, General Nonfiction for Young Adults, Kids, Learning to Read for Kids, Intermediate Reading for Kids |
| Size | : | 9932752 |
| You're a U.S. citizen, so why are you being denied your right to vote? Even after civil rights legislation passes, many minorities are still being turned away from polls. It's not fair, and you will fight for your right to have a say in your government. Will you: Brave violence while registering voters during the 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi? Witness brutality as you protest in the 1965 Selma March? Join the Chicano Movement to secure voting rights for Hispanic immigrants? YOU CHOOSE offers multiple perspectives on history, supporting Common Core reading standards and providing readers a front-row seat to the past. |
