Sheyann Webb
  • Female
  • Selma, AL
  • United States

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  • Martin Luther King Jr
  • Coretta Scott King
  • Sammy Younge Jr.
  • Jimmie Lee Jackson
 

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Greatest Contribution to the Civil Rights Movement
Participated in Voting-Rights March in Selma, Al when I was only eight years old

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From - Past to Present, a few facts about myself! :)

Posted on June 13, 2013 at 12:48pm 2 Comments

Hello there, my name is Sheyann Webb I lived in Selma, Alabama with my lovely family. My mother and father, Betty and John Webb raised us eight children, and I admire and love them dearly for it. Even though I disobeyed them, I did it with good intentions. I snuck off even though they forbid me to and I took part of a march, when they didn't want me to. This march was a major turning point and was known as Bloody Sunday. This was a 54 mile march. It was extremely brutal. If I hadn't…

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At 11:03am on June 13, 2013, Tricia London said…

I understand they made a Disney movie about you.  Can you tell us about it?

At 10:51pm on June 13, 2013, Tricia London said…

If you would like to borrow the video for the weekend, you may.  It isn't catalogued yet, but it's really really good.

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