Product Details
Category - Fiction / African American Fiction
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Good
Listed - 9 months ago
Ships From - Michigan
Est. Publication Date - Sep 2003
Seller Description
A father and son work together to help their community secure the right to vote in the South after the Civil War. Simms is determined to teach his father how to write his name so he can vote for the first time, and their story is beautifully illustrated by Colin Bootman's expressive oil paintings. Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert also sheds light on the obstacles facing African American voters in a new author's note, highlighting the ongoing fight against voter suppression.
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ISBN: 9780823416509
Publisher Description
After his son helps him learn to write his name, Samuel T. Blow goes to the courthouse in his Southern town to cast his ballot on the first election day ever on which African Americans are allowed to ...
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