Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights

Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her familyâ€™s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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As Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a â€œlong haul up a steep hillâ€ to her polling place, she sees more than trees and skyâ€”she sees her familyâ€™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 Americaâ€™s battle for civil rights in this lyrical, poignant account of one womanâ€™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 peopleâ€™s fight for access to the ballot box." â€”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." â€”Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"A valuable introduction to and overview of the civil rights movement." â€”Publishers Weekly, Starred

"An important book that will give you goose bumps." â€”Booklist, Starred

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Anne Schwartz Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-07-21
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Anne Schwartz Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-07-21
Format	Kindle eBook

Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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