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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom - Biography by Lynda Blackmon Lowery

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Create your own at Storyboard That Growing up strong and determinedMLK Inspires LyndaJailbirdsJimmie Lee JacksonBloody SundayRoad to MontgomeryLynda was born in Selma, Alabama in 1950.  Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother moved in to help her dad raise the kids. In 1965, her grandmother took her to church to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. He talked about marches and peaceful protests.Lynda and her friends skipped school many times to march through town in protest of the discrimination the black people in her community faced. A couple of times she ended up in jail.The death of a young black boy in the community next to Selma, encouraged more and more people to protest.At one of the marchesLynda was tear-gassed, beaten, dragged and chased across the bridge that they were marching on.The people of Selma organized a march to Montgomery, Alabama.  Lynda was the youngest to march to the state capitol for the right to vote.
Create your own at Storyboard That Growing up strong and determinedMLK Inspires LyndaJailbirdsJimmie Lee JacksonBloody SundayRoad to MontgomeryLynda was born in Selma, Alabama in 1950.  Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother moved in to help her dad raise the kids. In 1965, her grandmother took her to church to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. He talked about marches and peaceful protests.Lynda and her friends skipped school many times to march through town in protest of the discrimination the black people in her community faced. A couple of times she ended up in jail.The death of a young black boy in the community next to Selma, encouraged more and more people to protest.At one of the marchesLynda was tear-gassed, beaten, dragged and chased across the bridge that they were marching on.The people of Selma organized a march to Montgomery, Alabama.  Lynda was the youngest to march to the state capitol for the right to vote.
Create your own at Storyboard That Growing up strong and determinedMLK Inspires LyndaJailbirdsJimmie Lee JacksonBloody SundayRoad to MontgomeryLynda was born in Selma, Alabama in 1950.  Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother moved in to help her dad raise the kids. In 1965, her grandmother took her to church to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. He talked about marches and peaceful protests.Lynda and her friends skipped school many times to march through town in protest of the discrimination the black people in her community faced. A couple of times she ended up in jail.The death of a young black boy in the community next to Selma, encouraged more and more people to protest.At one of the marchesLynda was tear-gassed, beaten, dragged and chased across the bridge that they were marching on.The people of Selma organized a march to Montgomery, Alabama.  Lynda was the youngest to march to the state capitol for the right to vote.
Create your own at Storyboard That Growing up strong and determinedMLK Inspires LyndaJailbirdsJimmie Lee JacksonBloody SundayRoad to MontgomeryLynda was born in Selma, Alabama in 1950.  Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother moved in to help her dad raise the kids. In 1965, her grandmother took her to church to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. He talked about marches and peaceful protests.Lynda and her friends skipped school many times to march through town in protest of the discrimination the black people in her community faced. A couple of times she ended up in jail.The death of a young black boy in the community next to Selma, encouraged more and more people to protest.At one of the marchesLynda was tear-gassed, beaten, dragged and chased across the bridge that they were marching on.The people of Selma organized a march to Montgomery, Alabama.  Lynda was the youngest to march to the state capitol for the right to vote.
Create your own at Storyboard That Growing up strong and determinedMLK Inspires LyndaJailbirdsJimmie Lee JacksonBloody SundayRoad to MontgomeryLynda was born in Selma, Alabama in 1950.  Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother moved in to help her dad raise the kids. In 1965, her grandmother took her to church to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. He talked about marches and peaceful protests.Lynda and her friends skipped school many times to march through town in protest of the discrimination the black people in her community faced. A couple of times she ended up in jail.The death of a young black boy in the community next to Selma, encouraged more and more people to protest.At one of the marchesLynda was tear-gassed, beaten, dragged and chased across the bridge that they were marching on.The people of Selma organized a march to Montgomery, Alabama.  Lynda was the youngest to march to the state capitol for the right to vote.
Create your own at Storyboard That Growing up strong and determinedMLK Inspires LyndaJailbirdsJimmie Lee JacksonBloody SundayRoad to MontgomeryLynda was born in Selma, Alabama in 1950.  Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother moved in to help her dad raise the kids. In 1965, her grandmother took her to church to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. He talked about marches and peaceful protests.Lynda and her friends skipped school many times to march through town in protest of the discrimination the black people in her community faced. A couple of times she ended up in jail.The death of a young black boy in the community next to Selma, encouraged more and more people to protest.At one of the marchesLynda was tear-gassed, beaten, dragged and chased across the bridge that they were marching on.The people of Selma organized a march to Montgomery, Alabama.  Lynda was the youngest to march to the state capitol for the right to vote.
Create your own at Storyboard That Growing up strong and determinedMLK Inspires LyndaJailbirdsJimmie Lee JacksonBloody SundayRoad to MontgomeryLynda was born in Selma, Alabama in 1950.  Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother moved in to help her dad raise the kids. In 1965, her grandmother took her to church to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. He talked about marches and peaceful protests.Lynda and her friends skipped school many times to march through town in protest of the discrimination the black people in her community faced. A couple of times she ended up in jail.The death of a young black boy in the community next to Selma, encouraged more and more people to protest.At one of the marchesLynda was tear-gassed, beaten, dragged and chased across the bridge that they were marching on.The people of Selma organized a march to Montgomery, Alabama.  Lynda was the youngest to march to the state capitol for the right to vote.
Create your own at Storyboard That Growing up strong and determinedMLK Inspires LyndaJailbirdsJimmie Lee JacksonBloody SundayRoad to MontgomeryLynda was born in Selma, Alabama in 1950.  Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother moved in to help her dad raise the kids. In 1965, her grandmother took her to church to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. He talked about marches and peaceful protests.Lynda and her friends skipped school many times to march through town in protest of the discrimination the black people in her community faced. A couple of times she ended up in jail.The death of a young black boy in the community next to Selma, encouraged more and more people to protest.At one of the marchesLynda was tear-gassed, beaten, dragged and chased across the bridge that they were marching on.The people of Selma organized a march to Montgomery, Alabama.  Lynda was the youngest to march to the state capitol for the right to vote.
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  • Growing up strong and determined
  • MLK Inspires Lynda
  • Jailbirds
  • Lynda was born in Selma, Alabama in 1950. Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother moved in to help her dad raise the kids.
  • Jimmie Lee Jackson
  • In 1965, her grandmother took her to church to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. He talked about marches and peaceful protests.
  • Bloody Sunday
  • Lynda and her friends skipped school many times to march through town in protest of the discrimination the black people in her community faced. A couple of times she ended up in jail.
  • Road to Montgomery
  • The death of a young black boy in the community next to Selma, encouraged more and more people to protest.
  • At one of the marches, Lynda was tear-gassed, beaten, dragged and chased across the bridge that they were marching on.
  • The people of Selma organized a march to Montgomery, Alabama. Lynda was the youngest to march to the state capitol for the right to vote.
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