A review by aizasafvi
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery

4.0

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom was a very fascinating book. It covered the topics of racism, segregation, and being there for each other no matter what. One of my favorite parts of the book were them being there for each other, for example, on page 34 when they all were in jail, "I was with my buddies and we knew we had each other's back". I think this book achieved its goal very well since it informed me more about the Civil Rights movement and more about good (but mostly bad) things that happened to Africans Americans during this time period. It also reached it's goal because while the book informed me about the events during the Civil Rights Movement, it also had a lot of images portraying how the events were. This book compares to other books about Civil Rights because it tells about events that happened in the Civil Rights time period and how everyone got through it. One low point of the book that wasn't very convincing was that Lynda did talk about her own experiences but she didn't include a lot about the actual Civil Rights Movement. However, it was still very informative about those times. This book inspires me to write a letter to the author about how this book inspired me to make a difference and peacefully stand up for what I believe in like a march or etc.