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Film, Video Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

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Title

  • Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

Summary

  • Lynda Blackmon Lowery described her role as the youngest member of the Selma, Alabama Civil Rights March in 1965. Along with her co-authors, Susan Buckley and Elspeth Leacock, Lowery recounted her childhood during this period, and discussed the background of events that led to his landmark action. The authors showed illustrations and photographs from their book as well as primary sources, including original film footage, from the period.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2015-01-14.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Education
  • -  Literature
  • -  Civil Rights Movement, African American History, African American Civil Rights, Freedom, Social Justice, Equality, Civil Rights, Selma, Alabama,1965, Lynda Blackmon Lowery

Notes

  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, Susan Buckley.
  • -  Recorded on 2015-01-14.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689634

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of theSelma Voting Rights March. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-14, 2015. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689634/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2015) Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of theSelma Voting Rights March. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-14. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689634/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of theSelma Voting Rights March. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-14, 2015. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689634/>.