Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

By: Lynda Blackmon Lowery

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A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes, Lynda Blackmon Lowery.

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Product Description

As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed eleven times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the rights of African-Americans.

In this memoir, she shows today’s young readers what it means to fight nonviolently (even when the police are using violence, as in the Bloody Sunday protest) and how it felt to be part of changing American history.

Straightforward and inspiring, this beautifully illustrated memoir brings readers into the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, complementing learning and bringing history alive for young readers.

Additional Information

Weight .2 kg
Dimensions 8.3 × 5.6 × .2 in
ISBN

9780147512161

Date Published

2016

Author

Lynda Blackmon Lowery

Publisher

Speak

Format

Paperback

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