Turning 15 on the road to freedom : my story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March / by Lynda Blackmon Lowery ; as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley ; illustrated by PJ Loughran.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, New York : Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015]Description: 127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0803741235 (hbk.)
- 9780803741232 (hbk.)
- Turning fifteen on the road to freedom
- Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950- -- Juvenile literature
- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Suffrage -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes
A Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor Book
Kirkus Best Books of 2015
Booklist Editors' Choice 2015
BCCB Blue Ribbon 2015
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 nine 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 Common Core classroom learning and bringing history alive for young readers.
Growing up strong and determined -- In the movement -- Jailbirds -- In the sweatbox -- Bloody Sunday -- Headed for Montgomery -- Turning 15 -- Weary and wet -- Montgomery at last -- Why voting rights?
A 50th-anniversary tribute shares the story of the youngest person to complete the momentous Selma to Montgomery March, describing her frequent imprisonments for her participation in nonviolent demonstrations and how she felt about her involvement in historic Civil Rights events.