"Let the Children March"

Told from a child’s point of view, this moving historical picture book focuses on a monumental moment in the civil rights movement: the Children’s Crusade of 1963. Thousands of African American children and teens marched through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama, to end segregation and to inspire change and hope for the future. Written by debut author Monica Clark-Robinson and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Honor–winning artist Frank Morrison.

Read by Antuan Raimone, who is a Swing in Hamilton on Broadway.

Published in 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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