A
Tribute to an
Extraordinary Mother!
At the Age of Eight, I Began to Nurture the
World!
The Youngest Activist in the Selma Civil Rights Movement! BY SHEYANN WEBB-CHRISTBURG, SHEYANN WEBB GROUP
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Mother & DAUGHTER Bonding Magazine
Mrs. Webb-Christburg has built a lifelong career as a voice for hope, justice, equality, and human rights. She has worked over forty-one years empowering young people to strive for academic excellence and work hard to become the better version of themselves. Mrs. Webb-Christburg was born on February 17, 1956 by John and Betty M. Webb from a poor family of eight in George Washington Carver Projects where the now Historic Brown Chapel AME Church stands in the center of this housing projects. Mrs. Webb-Christburg was the youngest activist during the Selma Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called her the “Smallest Freedom Fighters�. As we know her today. She uses her story of courage, triumph, and overcoming adversity to affect millions across the country and globally. Mrs. Webb-Christburg is Nationally recognized for her coauthored book, Selma, Lord, Selma. This book depicts her childhood memories of growing up during turbulent times in Selma,
