Lynda Blackmon Lowery

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Overview

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Lynda Blackmon Lowery born Selma, AL March 22, 1950. Youngest participant in 50-mile Selma March, 1965. Arrested for nonviolent protests at age 14; badly beaten on Selma Bridge on “Bloody Sunday,” 1965.

Quotations

“We were determined to do something, and we did it. If you are determined, you can overcome your fears, and then you can change the world.” (Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom, 2015, p. 103; photo rural intelligence)