High School, Middle School
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom – Lynda Blackmon Lowery
by Lynda Blackmon Lowery | Published 2016
Overview
A firsthand memoir from the youngest marcher in the Selma voting rights campaign, offering a powerful youth perspective on the Civil Rights Movement.
Good For
Early High School readers studying civil rights history through personal narrative.
About the Author
Lynda Blackmon Lowery, the youngest person to take part in the whole Selma Voting Rights March of 1965, now works as a case manager at a mental health center, and still lives in Selma, Alabama.
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