Bibliograph

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

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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

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 12-17

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Turning 15 on the road to freedom

Oclc number

946058583

Responsibility statement

by Lynda Blackmon Lowery ; as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley ; illustrated by PJ Loughran

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, 5.1.Reading Counts!, 4.7.

Sub title

my story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

Summary

As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, 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

Table Of Contents

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?

Target audience

juvenile

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Turning fifteen on the road to freedom

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