Goodland-Grant Township Public Library

Lillian's right to vote :

Winter, Jonah, 1962-

Lillian's right to vote : a celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 / Jonah Winter ; illustrator Shane Evans. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since the Voting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.

9780385390286 (alk. paper) 9780385390293 (glb : alk. paper)

2014010937


Voting--Fiction.
African Americans--History--Fiction.

PZ7.W75477 / Lil 2015

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