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1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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text file rda |
| Summary |
A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes 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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780 Lexile. |
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780L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.1 1 171644 |
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Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 1 171644 |
| Summary |
Shares the story of the youngest person to complete the Selma to Montgomery March, describing her frequent imprisonments for her participation in nonviolent demonstrations and how she felt about her involvement in Civil Rights events. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950-
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Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950- |
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Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) -- Juvenile literature.
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Selma to Montgomery Rights March. |
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1900-1999 |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans -- Suffrage -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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African Americans -- Suffrage. |
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Civil rights movements. |
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Race relations. |
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Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
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Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950- -- Juvenile literature.
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Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
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Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Suffrage -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century.
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Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950-
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Alabama -- Selma. |
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Electronic books. |
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Added Author |
Leacock, Elspeth, author.
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Buckley, Susan Washburn, author.
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Loughran, PJ, illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Turning fifteen on the road to freedom |
| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950- Turning 15 on the road to freedom New York, New York : Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015] 9780803741232 (DLC) 2013047316 (OCoLC)881093940 |
| ISBN |
9780698151338 : $29.97 |
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069815133X : $29.97 |
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