ThispowerfulpicturebookintroducesyoungreaderstoakeyeventinthestruggleforCivilRights.Winner,CorettaScottKingHonorAward.In1963Birmingham,Alabama,thousandsofAfricanAmericanchildrenvolunteeredtomarchfortheirrightsafterhearingDr.MartinLutherKingJr.speak.Theyprotestedthelawsthatkeptblackpeopleseparatefromwhitepeople.Facingfear,hate,anddanger,thesechildrenusedtheirvoicestochangetheworld.FrankMorrison’semotiveoil-on-canvaspaintingsbringthishistoricaleventtolife,whileMonicaClark-Robinson’smovingandpoeticwordsdocumentthisremarkabletime.Icouldn’tplayonthesameplaygroundasthewhitekids.Icouldn’tgototheirschools.Icouldn’tdrinkfromtheirwaterfountains.ThereweresomanythingsIcouldn’tdo.
ALABAMA Alabama LET SPEAK WINNER
