Lynda Blackmon Lowery Oral History
Object number2021.001.0100
Date10/27/2021
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Lynda Blackmon Lowery
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
DimensionsDuration: 77 Minutes
Collections
- Civil Rights Movement
- All Online Objects
- Oral History Collection
DescriptionVideotaped 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.
Curatorial CommentaryThis 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. Ms. Lowery passed away on December 24, 2025. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
