Sheyann Webb biography   Born in 1956 in Alabama, Sheyann Webb
became involved with the Civil Rights Movement when she was 8
years old, a commitment that was heightened after she met Martin
Luther King Jr. On March 7, 1965, Webb was the youngest
participant in the civil rights demonstration that became known
as "Bloody Sunday." A book she co-authored about her
experiences, Selma, Lord, Selma, became a television movie.
Early Life  Sheyann Webb was born in 1956 in Selma, Alabama,
where she grew up in a family of eight children. When she was
only 8 years old, a chance encounter changed the trajectory of
her life. Webb was passing by the Brown Chapel AME Church on her
way to school when she saw a crowd of black and white people
standing together, an unusual circumstance in 1960s Alabama. She
followed the group into the church, and ended up attending a
meeting for the Civil Rights Movement.  Webb, along with her
best friend, Rachel West, later returned to the church to hear
Martin Luther King Jr. speak. King's w