Turning 15 On The Road To Freedom

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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 nine 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.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 nine 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.
Lynda Blackmon Lowery (Author) turned fifteen years old during the voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. She was the youngest person who completed that march. Today she works as a case manager at a mental health center, and lives in Selma, Alabama. Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley have collaborated on several previous history and geography books for children. PJ Loughran (Illustrator) is an illustrator, marketer, and musician. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, he has created over 2,000 illustrations for such publications and companies as The New York Times, Village Voice,Harper's, ESPN, and Nike. He currently serves as Executive Creative Director at Superfly Presents, a digital marketing firm. As a musician and songwriter, PJ has created three albums and has toured with Maroon 5, R.E.M., Taj Mahak, REO Speedwagon, and others. He lives outside Chicago with his wife, three children, and dachshund.