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My Selma

by Willie Mae Brown

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Book of the Day, NPR · March 2, 2023

In 'My Selma,' Willie Mae Brown recalls growing up during the Civil Rights Movement

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A YA memoir in which Willie Mae Brown recalls growing up as a little girl in Selma, Alabama during the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, including memories of seeing Martin Luther King, Jr. speak and her siblings being arrested for accompanying teachers trying to register to vote, alongside the joy and community of childhood on the frontlines of justice.

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