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Lifting as we climb : Black women's battle for the ballot box / Evette Dionne.

Author/creator Dionne, Evette author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : Viking, 2020.
Copyright Notice ©2020
Description170 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Preface: not the history you learned in school -- Abolitionist women embrace the fight -- "Ain't I a woman?" : the cult of true womanhood -- The Negro hour is upon us -- The rise of Black women's suffrage clubs -- Voting is only for educated women -- Taking it to the streets -- The back of the movement : the Women's Suffrage March -- Voting out Jim Crow -- Epilogue: continuing to climb.
Abstract "When the epic story of the suffrage movement in the United States is told, the most familiar leaders, speakers at meetings, and participants in marches written about or pictured are generally white. That's not the real story. Women of color, especially African American women, were fighting for their right to vote and to be treated as full, equal citizens of the United States."--Jacket flap.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 150-156) and index.
Interest age level Ages 10-16
Interest grade level Grades 5-7
Awards noteCoretta Scott King Honor, Author, 2021
Genre/formInstructional and educational works.
Genre/formCreative nonfiction.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formYoung adult nonfiction.
Genre/formInstructional and educational works.
Genre/formCreative nonfiction.
ISBN9780451481542
ISBN0451481542

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