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Author Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950-

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.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1621294~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  323.119 LOW    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  323.119 LOW    STAFF PICKS
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Description 127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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.
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?
Audience 780L Lexile
Note 780L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 1 171644
Note Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 1 171644
Subject 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.
Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950- -- Juvenile literature.
Local Subject REBECCA CAUDILL AWARD [2017 NOMINEE]
Added Author Leacock, Elspeth.
Buckley, Susan Washburn.
Loughran, PJ, illustrator.
Added Title Turning fifteen on the road to freedom
ISBN 9780803741232 (hardcover)
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