![]() ![]() The music made them bigger than their defeat, bigger than their fear”). ![]() Italicized lyrics to “freedom songs” are woven throughout, emphasizing the power drawn from music, particularly in the wake of the violence of Bloody Sunday (“They were willing to go out again and face state troopers and mounted posses with whips and tear gas and clubs. The chronological format builds suspense, while the narrative places readers at church meetings, in jail cells and at the march itself. Quotations from Joanne Blackmon Bland (first jailed at age 10), Charles Mauldin (a high school student) and other youths arrested and attacked make for a captivating, personal account. Their stories unfold over 10 chapters that detail voter discrimination and the subsequent meetings and protests that culminated in the famous march. ) tells the unsettling but uplifting story of the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965, using the voices of men and women who participated as children and teenagers. Partridge ( This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie ![]()
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