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Lynda Blackmon Lowery (1950-2025) Civil rights activist, moirist. Lynda Blackmon Lowery was born in and died in Selma, Alabama. She received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the College of Staten Island.

Full Name

Lynda Diane Blackmon Lowery

Locations

Richmond

Author's Timeline

1950

Birth

Lynda Blackmon Lowery was born Lynda Diane Blackmon in Selma, Alabama, on March 22, 1950.

1982

Other Life Event

Richmond County: Ms. Lowery received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the College of Staten Island in 1982.

2015

Literary Work

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
Dial Books
0803741235 / 978-0803741232
Memoir as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley.

2025

Death

Lynda Blackmon Lowery died at her home in Selma, Alabama, on December 24, 2025.

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