A review by t2p
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery

5.0

Lynda Blackmon Lowery recounts her experience of marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama during the 1965 Voting Rights March in this inspiring memoir for middle school readers. Lowery provides powerful details of leaving school for protests, being jailed and then attacked by police during Bloody Sunday. Historic photographs and Loughran’s bold, evocative drawings help bring Lowery’s experiences to life for readers. The book also includes the text of two freedom songs and an appendix explaining voting rights with descriptions of those killed during 1965 march.