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

Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 2, 2015

Review

Illustrations are water color over rag paper that you can see the texture of the back ground. As each person, or group on people are introduced within the story, the ghosts from the past are monochromatic. Lillian walks very slowly up a steep hill to go vote. "It's a long haul when you've been alive for a hundred years." As she walks up the hill she sees her great-great grandparents Elijah and Sarah on the auction block with their baby. Then her great- grandfather is there, but he can't vote until the end of the Civil War. In 1870 he can vote, but not his wife. Next she hears Uncle Levi, he couldn't vote because of the tests..."How many bubble are in a bar of soap?" In 1920 women get the right to vote. In 1965 the Voting Rights Act passes...

Overall Book Score: excellent