Lynda blackmon lowery biography for kids

Lynda Blackmon Lowery (born March 22, in Selma, Alabama) is a civil rights activist, best known for her contribution to the Selma voting rights march in She was the youngest person at the march, being 15 years old at the time, as she marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr.

and several others. She has written a book on her experience titled, "Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom" and has participated in several interviews, including starring in the film "Soundtrack for a Revolution". She has also participated in other marches as well, one of which (two weeks prior to the Selma to Montgomery march) she was beaten by Alabama State troopers when she was 14 years old on "Bloody Sunday" (March 7th, ).

The state troopers had released tear gas on the marchers and started to get violent. They grabbed the back of Lowery's coat collar and the front of her lapel, causing Lowery to bite one of the state troopers hands, as a trooper hit her twice on the back of her head while yelling derogatory ter