Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
- ISBN-10
- 0803741235
- ISBN-13
- 9780803741232
- Category
- Young Adult Nonfiction
- Pages
- 127
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dial Books
- Author
- Lynda Blackmon Lowery
Description
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. Simultaneous eBook.
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