Cover of Lillian's right to vote

Book 2015

Lillian's right to vote

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Language
English
Published
2015
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Voting
  • African Americans
  • History
  • Fiction

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.