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.
2015
F334.S4 L69 2015 (Mapit)
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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.
ISBN
9780803741232 (hardcover)
0803741235 (hardcover)
0803741235 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2015.
Language
English
Description
127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Call Number
F334.S4 L69 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.1196/073076145
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.-- (Source of description not identified).
Awards
Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book, 2016.
Jane Addams Award, 2016.
Jane Addams Award, 2016.
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Table of 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?
In the movement
Jailbirds
In the sweatbox
Bloody Sunday
Headed for Montgomery
Turning 15
Weary and wet
Montgomery at last
Why voting rights?