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

Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley. Illus. by PJ Loughran. 2015. 127p. Penguin/Dial, (978-0-8037-4123-2). Gr.5-up.

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Lynda Blackmon Lowery was the youngest person on the Selma Voting Rights March. Having already been to jail nine times and beaten on Bloody Sunday, Lynda stood up for her rights and her freedom.

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978-0-8037-4123-2

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bloomer.jpg The Amelia Bloomer Book List
The Amelia Bloomer Project, a committee of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table, compiles the Amelia Bloomer List, an annual annotated book list (or bibliography) of well-written and well-illustrated books with significant feminist content, intended for young readers (ages birth through 18).
Please note, this award is now called "Rise: A Feminist Book Project"
2016 - Selection(s)