Turning 15 on the road to freedom : my story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

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.

Author/creator	Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950- author.
Other author/creator	Leacock, Elspeth.
Other author/creator	Buckley, Susan Washburn.
Other author/creator	Loughran, PJ illustrator.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015]
Copyright Notice	©2015
Description	127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950- Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)--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. Selma (Ala.)--Race relations --Juvenile literature.

Variant title	Turning fifteen on the road to freedom
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?
Abstract	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.-- (Source of description not identified)
Audience	780 Lexile
Study program note	Accelerated Reader
Study program note	Reading Counts!
LCCN	2013047316
ISBN	9780803741232 (hardcover)
ISBN	0803741235 (hardcover)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	TRC Nonfiction	323.1196 L9537T	✔ Available	Place Hold