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.

Author/creator Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950- author.
Other author Leacock, Elspeth.
Other author Buckley, Susan Washburn.
Other author Loughran, PJ illustrator.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015]
Copyright Date©2015
Description127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects
Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950-
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.

Variant title Turning fifteen on the road to freedom
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 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.-- (Source of description not identified)
Audience 780 Lexile
Study program note Accelerated Reader
Study program note Reading Counts!
LCCN 2013047316
ISBN9780803741232 (hardcover)
ISBN0803741235 (hardcover)

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