![]() ![]() Extentħ. Freedmans books have appeared on numerous best or outstanding book lists, including lists compiled by such organizations as the American Library. "Russell Freedman (1929-)." Something About the Author. led a voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. led a voting rights march in January, 1965, and was at. The struggle received nationwide attention when Dr. "Russell Freedman, 88, Writer of History for Young Readers, Dies." Obituary. In the early 1960s, tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. Freedman died in 2018 in New York, where he lived with his husband, filmmaker Evans Chan.īiographical sources: Genzlinger, Neil. ![]() He was also awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1998, and a National Humanities Medal in 2007. His book Lincoln: a Photobiography was awarded the 1988 Newbery Medal. Many of his early works focused on nature, before he switched to biographies and historical topics. After graduating, he did counterintelligence work during the Korean War and worked as a journalist and publicist before publishing his first book Teenagers Who Made History, in 1961, and becoming a full time writer. Russell Freedman was born in October 1929 in San Francisco, California and attended the University of California Berkeley. ![]()
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