Lillian's Right to Vote
Title | Lillian's Right to Vote PDF eBook |
Author | Jonah Winter |
Publisher | Anne Schwartz Books |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 2015-07-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0385390289 |
An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a “long haul up a steep hill” to her polling place, she sees more than trees and sky—she sees her family’s history. She sees the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and her great-grandfather voting for the first time. She sees her parents trying to register to vote. And she sees herself marching in a protest from Selma to Montgomery. Veteran bestselling picture-book author Jonah Winter and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner Shane W. Evans vividly recall America’s battle for civil rights in this lyrical, poignant account of one woman’s fierce determination to make it up the hill and make her voice heard. "Moving.... Stirs up a potent mixture of grief, anger, and pride at the history of black people’s fight for access to the ballot box." —The New York Times "A much-needed picture book that will enlighten a new generation about battles won and a timely call to uphold these victories in the present." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred "A valuable introduction to and overview of the civil rights movement." —Publishers Weekly, Starred "An important book that will give you goose bumps." —Booklist, Starred
Lillian's Right to Vote
Title | Lillian's Right to Vote PDF eBook |
Author | Jonah Winter |
Publisher | Anne Schwartz Books |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 2015-07-14 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0385390300 |
An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a “long haul up a steep hill” to her polling place, she sees more than trees and sky—she sees her family’s history. She sees the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and her great-grandfather voting for the first time. She sees her parents trying to register to vote. And she sees herself marching in a protest from Selma to Montgomery. Veteran bestselling picture-book author Jonah Winter and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner Shane W. Evans vividly recall America’s battle for civil rights in this lyrical, poignant account of one woman’s fierce determination to make it up the hill and make her voice heard. "Moving.... Stirs up a potent mixture of grief, anger, and pride at the history of black people’s fight for access to the ballot box." —The New York Times "A much-needed picture book that will enlighten a new generation about battles won and a timely call to uphold these victories in the present." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred "A valuable introduction to and overview of the civil rights movement." —Publishers Weekly, Starred "An important book that will give you goose bumps." —Booklist, Starred
A History of Voting Rights
Title | A History of Voting Rights PDF eBook |
Author | Tamra Orr |
Publisher | Mitchell Lane |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 2020-05-11 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1545751579 |
Have you ever voted on something? You might have voted for pizza for dinner, which movie to watch or who should go first in a game. If you have ever voted, you know how important it is to have a voice in making decisions that are part of your life. The people who created this country knew that too and took many risks to create a country where they could speak freely about what they wanted. The battle for voting rights was a long one--with some people being allowed to vote long before others. Read about who made the decisions and who had to fight for the same rights. Seeing how hard African Americans, Native Americans, and women fought to have the right to vote reminds everyone that voting is part of what created this country and what will help it keep growing and changing today and in the future.
Book of the Month - Lillian's Right to Vote - Book Themes
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Release | 2019 |
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Voting Rights
Title | Voting Rights PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Buckley |
Publisher | Benchmark Education Company |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Minorities |
ISBN | 1616721545 |
Right to Vote
Title | Right to Vote PDF eBook |
Author | Deanne Durrett |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Elections |
ISBN | 1438100299 |
American democracy owes much to the rights guaranteed to individuals in the U.S. Constitution and specifically in its first 10 amendments, known as the Bill of Rights. Each book in the new six-volume American Rights set provides the history of a specific right or rights, from the right to vote to the right to bear arms. The volumes begin with brief colonial history, discussing the war fought by American Revolutionaries to gain independence from Great Britain - and their opportunity to decide what rights every American should possess. Coverage also includes later and ongoing struggles by groups such as women and people of color to gain these rights - both in law and in practice. Students will learn to appreciate the value of these rights by reading of the battles fought to secure them and, in some cases, by learning of their relative rarity around the world. Graphs, maps, photographs, and box features enhance the lively and accessible narrative, calling out important details and bringing this exciting material to life. Providing a wealth of information, American Rights is a thought-provoking, must-have set perfect for the young readers of today.
The Right to Vote
Title | The Right to Vote PDF eBook |
Author | Carole Lynn Corbin |
Publisher | Franklin Watts |
Pages | 103 |
Release | 1985-01-01 |
Genre | Suffrage |
ISBN | 9780531049327 |
Documents the history of the right to vote in America, from colonial times to the present, including the struggles of blacks, women, and those under twenty-one to win that right.