Selma, Lord, Selma: Girlhood Memories of the Civil Rights Days [Paperback]

Witness the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of two children.

Sheyann Webb was eight years old and Rachel West was nine when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived in Selma, Alabama, on January 2, 1965. He came to organize non-violent demonstrations against discriminatory voting laws.Selma, Lord, Selmais their firsthand account of the events from that turbulent winter of 1965--events that changed not only the lives of these two little girls but the lives of all Alabamians and all Americans. From 1975 to 1979, award-winning journalist Frank Sikora conducted interviews with Webb and West, weaving their recollections into this luminous story of fear and courage, struggle and redemption that readers will discover isSelma, Lord, Selma.

Selma, Lord, Selmais an inspiring memoir that captures the civil rights movement through the eyes of two young girls who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama. With vivid detail and heartfelt honesty, Sheyann Webb and Rachel West Nelson recount their experiences during the historic 1965 voting rights marches, including the harrowing events of Bloody Sunday. This powerful narrative offers a unique, childs perspective on courage, hope, and the fight for equalitymaking it an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the human side of history.

Frank Sikorais retired from the Birmingham News, a freelance writer for publications such as Time, and author of seven books, including Selma, Lord, Selma (with Sheyann Webb and Rachel West Nelson) and Until Justice Rolls Down: The Birmingham Church Bombing Case.

A winner on the Best Books list isSelma, Lord, Selma, in which author Frank Sikora has simply and intensely evoked the bitter struggle of the 1965 civil rights marches in Selma through the memories of Sheyann Webb and Rachel West Nelson.Wilson Library Bulletin