The Youngest Marcher

Audrey Fay Hendricks, from an early age, was upset at the injustice handed to her and all the others she knew, barred because of their race from doing things like everyone else, like drinking from the water fountain and riding on the bus and sitting at a restaurant. Her family was friends with Martin Luther King Jr. and others who wanted to change the segregation laws of Birmingham. When adults hesitated to take action for fear of the repercussions, children, including Audrey, were encouraged to picket, protest, and fill the jails for change.

Audrey was the youngest person, at nine, to be taken to jail.

But, because of the actions of Audrey and the other children, the protests were successful and the segregation laws were overturned.

A powerful story of courage amid great hardship.