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.

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.--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950-
Other Authors: Leacock, Elspeth
Buckley, Susan Washburn
Loughran, PJ (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: New York : Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2015.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Selma to Montgomery Rights March > (1965 : > Selma, Ala.) > Juvenile literature.
Selma (Ala.) > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
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.
Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, > 1950-
Selma to Montgomery Rights March > (1965 : > Selma, Ala.)
Selma (Ala.) > Race relations.
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Selma > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Suffrage > Alabama > Selma > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Alabama > Selma > History > 20th century.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Physical Description:127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Turning fifteen on the road to freedom.
Format: Book

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