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Author Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950- author
Title 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
Publ&date New York, New York : Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015]
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 J  323.1196 Lowery    AVAILABLE

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ISBN 9780803741232 (hbk.)
0803741235 (hbk.)
Descript 127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content 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?
Summary 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
Subject Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Suffrage -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century
Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950-
Add Author Leacock, Elspeth
Buckley, Susan Washburn
Loughran, PJ,
Alt Title Turning fifteen on the road to freedom