Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March
by Lowery, Lynda Blackmon
Robert F. Sibert Informational Award/HonJane Addams Book Award Finalist/Winner BALA Notable/Best BooksBCCB Blue Ribbon BookU.S.Black PeopleWheatley Aligned Supplemental Texts12
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AR Book Level
5.1
AR Points
1
Word Count
8,856
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
171644 EN
About this book
At age fifteen, Lynda Blackmon Lowery became the youngest participant in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights march, a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement. Raised in Alabama, she endured nine arrests and faced violent resistance while marching alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to demand the right to vote for African Americans. In her memoir, Lowery recounts the personal struggles and triumphs of fighting nonviolently for justice, providing a vivid, firsthand account of courage in the face of oppression. This award-winning book offers an informative perspective on a historic struggle for voting rights.