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Story summary
- Lynda Blackmon Lowery, a Selma voting rights figure, died on December 24 at age 75.
- At age 14, she endured brutal attacks during Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965.
- About 600 protesters faced violent law enforcement on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
- She recalled fear as state troopers wore gas masks and she was struck.
- Her experiences are documented in Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom.
