The Teachers March! by Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace and Charly Palmer - ADVISABLE

The Teachers March! How Selma’s Teachers Changed History

 

 by Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace, illustrated by Charly Palmer. NON-FICTION PICTURE BOOK. Calkins Creek (Boyds Mill), 2020. $19. 9781629794525 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

Selma, Alabama, 1965 – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend F. D. Reese call upon the black teachers to march from the school to courthouse to lobby for the right to vote. As professionals employed by the city, they have stayed out of the way before. But 104 teachers answer the call and show their students, present and past, that they are all somebodies. 

This little known act during the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement is a hopeful note for #BlackLivesMatter protesters now. A great companion to Lillian’s Right to Vote by Jonah Winter, too. 

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS