Kids on the March: 15 Stories of Speaking Out, Protesting, and Fighting for Justice

by Michael Long Narrated by Zeno Robinson, Sol Madariaga, Janina Edwards

Overview

From the March on Washington to March for Our Lives*to Black Lives Matter,*the powerful stories of kid-led protest in America.*
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Kids have always been activists. They have even launched movements. Long before they could vote, kids have spoken up, walked out, gone on strike, and marched for racial justice, climate protection, gun control, world peace, and more.¿*
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Kids on the March*tells the stories of¿these protests, from the March of the Mill Children, who walked out of factories in 1903 for a shorter work week, to 1951's Strike for a Better School, which helped build the case for*Brown v. Board of Education, to the twenty-first century's most iconic movements, including March for Our Lives, the Climate Strike, and the recent Black Lives Matter protests reshaping our nation.*
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Powerfully told and inspiring,*Kids on the March*shows how standing up, speaking out, and marching for what you believe in can advance the causes of justice, and that no one is too small or too young to make a difference.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Readers will be inspired by the advocacy, leadership, and determination of the young change agents. The stories are accompanied by photos and primary source documents, breathing life into the subjects and showing a clear connecting thread between young people of different generations."
—Kirkus Reviews

“As Long gives background information on each protest, he makes the accounts engaging with a storylike narrative filled with quotes from some of the young protestors. Plenty of period photos help readers imagine the events. … Both historical and timely.”
—Booklist
 
“Calling all young revolutionaries and historians! This book is for you.”
—Youth Services Book Review
 

Kirkus Reviews

2021-01-12
Rights are the evidence of hard-fought battles, and even the youngest among us have served on the battlefield.

This inspiring collection documents youths’ roles in social change movements, beginning with the 1903 March of the Mill Children, in which child laborers marched to change hazardous working conditions in factories, and ending in 2020 with youth protestors leading and organizing marches to protest the deaths of George Floyd and other victims of police brutality. Topically diverse, the collection highlights the struggle for school integration in the 1950s; protests against the Vietnam War; the racist school conditions faced by Chicanx students in East Los Angeles and the 1968 student walkout; and activism for stricter gun laws led by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. Nuclear disarmament and climate change are also among the subjects covered. Young people are the focus of this inspiring overview that expresses themes of determination, change, and hope. Though some movements resulted in immediate change and others are part of yearslong efforts, readers will be inspired by the advocacy, leadership, and determination of the young change agents. The stories are accompanied by photos and primary source documents, breathing life into the subjects and showing a clear connecting thread between young people of different generations. A final section offers readers practical tips for engaging in effective social change.

Readers will lose themselves in this work and emerge energized. (endnotes, bibliography, photo credits) (Nonfiction. 11-16)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175136969
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	03/23/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

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