Lynda Blackmon Lowery Oral History

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Videotaped oral history interview with Lynda Blackmon Lowery. An Alabama native dedicated to civil rights since childhood, Lowery was arrested nine times prior to her fifteenth birthday. After being brutally beaten in Selma on "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, she was the youngest among the 300 civil rights activists to complete the five-day, fifty-four-mile march from Selma to Montgomery. Lowery is author of the award-winning children's book, Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom (2015). Interview conducted over Zoom on October 27, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 1 hour and 17 minutes long.

Object Details

Object title:

Lynda Blackmon Lowery Oral History

Date:

10/27/2021

Terms:

Interviews

Oral histories

Childhood

Civil rights

Arrest

Author

Protests

Dallas

Alabama

Selma

Montgomery

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

Childhood Recollections (OHC)

Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)

Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 77 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2021.001.0100

Curatorial Note:

This oral history was one of seven featured interviews in the Museum's "Voices from the Civil Rights Movement" series on YouTube. This series, uploaded in January and February 2022, commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well as Black History Month. This interview with a series introduction may be viewed in full here: Voices From the Civil Rights Movement: Lynda Blackmon Lowery - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator