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

5.0

Read aloud to the kids. This is a fantastically accessible first hand account by the youngest person to march from Selma to Alabama for voting rights in the 60s. Lynda turned 15 while marching, had already spent many days (and nights) in jail for peacefully marching, and was one of the many children brutally assaulted by police on Bloody Sunday. Her story was so real for my kids as she was just a few years older than them. Her bravery and determination were incredible, and I appreciated so much hearing her story. Great companion book for the March series as well as Twelve Days in May about the freedom riders.