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

Jonah Winter
(Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Win)

As an older adult, 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.


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