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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
by Lynda Blackmon Lowery

Published: 2016-12-27
Paperback : 144 pages
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A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes--now in paperback will an all-new discussion guide.

As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed eleven ...
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A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes--now in paperback will an all-new discussion guide.

As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed eleven 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.

Straightforward and inspiring, this beautifully illustrated memoir brings readers into the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, complementing Common Core classroom learning and bringing history alive for young readers.

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Why is voting important? Does it make a difference?
As a 15-year-old, what would you be willing to fight for?
Discuss the role of the media at the time.
by sraelling (see profile) 01/31/24

Would you be willing to be part of a protest event for something you believe strongly in
What do you think about the way she was treated
by Alieda (see profile) 10/14/18

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by Alieda (see profile) 10/14/18
This would be a wonderful book for teenagers to read and talk about. I would try to servce souls food so the kids would get a bigger picture of this young lady and her times.

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  "Turning 15 On The Road To Freedom"by Alieda K. (see profile) 10/14/18

This book is a small book but what a srory it tells of a young black girl who was part of big natural happens. Everyone who cares about the 60 racal right movement should free this book. Also it should... (read more)

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