Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
Synopsis
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.
Winner of the Sibert Honor
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner
- Derechos de autor:
- 2015 Susan Buckley, Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, Pj Loughran
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780698151338
- Publisher:
- Penguin Group US
- Date of Addition:
- 2015-01-08T08:15:18Z
- Idioma:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.