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Starred Review on April 1, 2015 | Multimedia Review
Gr 7 Up—This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Selma march, and this documentary introduces viewers to a man described as a foot soldier for the civil rights movement: 85-year-old James Armstrong. He carried a flag when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched towards the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and his Armstrong Barbershop (parts of which seem held together with duct tape and love) is as much a civil rights museum as a place of business. Armstrong, an energetic and d...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
