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Demonstrating the power of protest and standing up for a just cause, here is an exciting tribute to the educators who participated in the 1965 Selma Teachers’ March.
Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs–and perhaps their lives–by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading the way. Noted nonfiction authors Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace conducted the last interviews with Reverend Reese before his death in 2018 and interviewed several teachers and their family members in order to tell this story, which is especially important today.
From the Publisher
Illustrator Charly Palmer
Charly Palmer was born in 1960 in Fayette, Alabama and raised in Milwaukee. He relocated to Chicago to study Art and Design at American Academy of Art and School of the Art Institute. As a graphic designer and illustrator, he has run a successful design studio with a Fortune 500 clientele.
The gripping exploration of the little-known Teachers’ March of 1965.
Reverend F. D. Reese of Selma, Alabama
Reverend F. D. Reese taught science at R. B. Hudson High School, but his favorite subject was freedom. He believed that everyone was a first-class citizen, just like the Constitution stated. To be treated as less than equal, that just wasn’t right.
104 Teachers Marched for the Right to Vote
“One teacher walked out, then another. They held toothbrushes in the air, ready to go to jail for freedom.”
The 1965 Voting Rights Act Passed
The Selma marchers filled the jails by the thousands. Americans noticed . . . The president of the United States noticed. He pushed for a new voting rights law. That summer of 1965, the Voting Rights Act passed.
Reverend F. D. Reese
“Reverend Reese knew something had to change, so he asked his fellow teachers to do something dangerous—something that might lead to beatings and prison time. He asked them to march.”
Police in Selma had Unfair Rules
Even if they made it into the courthouse, the reverend knew what would happen. You must take a voting test! A test impossible to pass. How many drops of water are in the Alabama River? How could anyone answer a question like that?
Publisher : Calkins Creek; Illustrated edition (September 29, 2020)
Language : English
Hardcover : 48 pages
ISBN-10 : 162979452X
ISBN-13 : 978-1629794525
Reading age : 7 – 10 years
Lexile measure : 700L
Grade level : 2 – 5
Item Weight : 1.16 pounds
Dimensions : 9.31 x 0.4 x 11.31 inches
