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

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

Author: Winter, Jonah

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 5.6
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 1709
Points per Word 0.000293
Page Count 36
Points per Page 0.013889

Description

As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls her great-great-grandparents being sold as slaves in front of a courthouse, where only rich, white men were allowed to vote, and the long fight that led to her right and determination to cast her ballot.