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Title:
Turning 15 on the road to freedom : my story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
Author:
Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950-
ISBN:
9780803741232
Publication Information:
New York :

Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC,

[2015?]

©2015
Physical Description:
127 pages : color illustrations, black-and-white photographs ; 24 cm
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?
Abstract:
Shares the story of the youngest person to complete the Selma to Montgomery March, describing her frequent imprisonments for her participation in nonviolent demonstrations and how she felt about her involvement in Civil Rights events.
Reading Level:
7-9 Baker & Taylor.

780 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 1.0 171644 EN.
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