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Lynda Blackmon Lowery reacts to a resolution and proclamation from the City of Jersey City, read by Principal Chris Gadsden, declaring Jan. 16, 2019, ...
Lynda Blackmon Lowery was still a child when she joined the legendary 1965 march. Now she's written a book for young readers about the experience, called Turning 15 On The Road To Freedom.
55 years ago, In the spring of 1965, Lynda Blackmon was the youngest civil rights marcher to walk with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery. She was beaten by police and needed 29 ...
Lynda Blackmon Lowery was a child when she joined the 1965 march. She's written a book for young readers about the experience. This piece originally aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 17, 2015.
55 years ago, In the spring of 1965, Lynda Blackmon was the youngest civil rights marcher to walk with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery.
Lynda Blackmon Lowery has been fighting against racism since she was 7 years old. In September of 1957 in Alabama, her mother died due to systemic racism in the health care industry, where white ...
CARY January 30, 2017 Lynda Blackmon Barger, 73, of Cary, NC, passed away unexpectedly on January 30, 2017. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 2, ...
Jan. 31—EAU CLAIRE — When Lynda Blackmon Lowery was 7 years old, her mother died in childbirth after she was turned away from a "whites only" hospital. As a child, Lowery recalled the pain in ...
Seahawks Legends in partnership with AG Consulting hosted 12 families from Atlantic Street Center for a holiday celebration filled with food, gifts and festive activities on Monday, December 9, 2024.
"We've also got a celebrity reading of 'Turning 15', which honors Lynda Blackmon Lowery who was the youngest participant in the 1965 voter rights voting rights march." ...
55 years ago, In the spring of 1965, Lynda Blackmon was the youngest civil rights marcher to walk with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery.
55 years ago, In the spring of 1965, Lynda Blackmon was the youngest civil rights marcher to walk with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery.