The Youngest Marcher

The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist

Media Type:Video
Genre(s):History
African-American
ISBN:9781662091667
Producer(s):Andy T. Jones
Director(s):Andy T. Jones
Narrator(s):Tyla Collier
Illustrator(s):Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Run Time:22 Minutes

Video

Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else. So when she heard grown-ups talk about wiping out Birmingham’s segregation laws, she spoke up. As she listened to the preacher’s words, smooth as glass, she sat up tall. And when she heard the plan—picket those white stores! March to protest those unfair laws! Fill the jails!—she stepped right up and said, I’ll do it! She was going to j-a-a-il! Audrey Faye Hendricks was confident and bold and brave as can be, and hers is the remarkable and inspiring story of one child’s role in the Civil Rights Movement.