Last week, I kicked off Women’s History Month by celebrating the 100th anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote. However, it would be another 45 years before the Voting Right Act of 1965 was passed giving all people the right to vote. We are still fighting voter suppression but we cannot forget to celebrate the amazing women who played significant roles in this battle.
This week’s focus is on the women who fought for Civil Rights, the Right to Equal Education, the Right to Vote, and more.
Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights by Beth Anderson, Illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Calkins Creek, 2020)
Jazz Age Josephine by Jonah Winter, Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2012)
A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story by Sharon Langley, Amy Nathan, Illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020)
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson, Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017)
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer by Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated by Ekua Holmes (Candlewick Press, 2015)
Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange, Kadir Nelson (Katherine Tegen Books, 2009)
She Stood for Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland by Loki Mulholland, Angela Fairwell, Illustrated by Charlotta Janssen (Shadow Mountain, 2016)
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni, Illustrated by Bryan Collier (Henry Holt and Co., 2005)
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne by Lesa Cline-Ransome, Illustrated by John Parra (Paula Wiseman Books, 2020)
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose (Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 2009)
My final book is a fictionalized story of the celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. However, the back matter at the end is important.
Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by Jonah Winter, Illustrated by Shane W. Evans (Schwartz & Wade, 2015)
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