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Name: Lillian's right to vote
Author: Jonah Winter

📘 Lillian's right to vote by Jonah Winter

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.

First publish date: 2015

Authors: Jonah Winter

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