Sheyann Webb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sheyann Webb

American activist

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1956

Place of Birth: Selma, Alabama, United States

Profession: writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Sheyann Webb-Christburg is known as Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Smallest Freedom Fighter" and co-author of the book, Selma, Lord, Selma.
As a nine-year-old, Webb took part in the first attempt at the Selma to Montgomery march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, known as Bloody Sunday. Webb was born on February 17, 1956, in Selma, Alabama to John and Betty Webb.
She grew up in a family of eight children.
As a child, she attended the segregated public schools of Dallas County, Alabama until she was one of the first black children to integrate an all-white school where she was pushed down stairs, called derogatory names, and spit on.