At 15, Lynda Blackmon Lowery was the youngest person to finish the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965. On March 7, "Bloody Sunday," the then-14 year old was beaten so badly she needed 7 stitches above her right eye and 28 in the back of her head. By age 15, she had been jailed 9 times while demonstrating for civil rights. Ms. Lowery has recently written a memoir, "Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom."
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