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Book

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

Call Number

  • 323.1196 L9179 TEEN (OSH, POW)

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Publication Information

New York : Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2015.

Physical Description

127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Summary

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.

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?

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