📖 Lillian's Right to Vote

This book is about an old woman named Lillian, who tells the story of how black men and women became equals to white men and women. She tells them through her memories. Her great-great grandparents Elijah and Sarah, being sold, to working for another bad man, to her great-grandparents voting. It goes on to how her uncle faced unfairness from other people, trying to stop him from voting, to her as a young girl, being chased by a mob of angry people, to those mobs setting fire to a cross on their lawn, because they want to vote. As Lillian sees these memories, she encourages a young man to vote. Then, she sees the funeral of a young 26 year old man in a peaceful protest, to the famous Selma Marches. Then, Lillian sees the memories of how the black people got more rights and freedom, all the way to the voting booth, where she touches the lever, and votes. I recommend this book because of how inspiring it is, the mix of collage and artwork in the illustration, and the history in Lillian's memories.

这本书讲述了一位名叫Lillian的老妇人的故事。她讲述了黑人男女如何得到与白人男女平等的地位的故事。 她通过口述回忆,展开她的故事。 故事从她的曾曾祖父母以利亚和莎拉被卖给另一个坏人工作,到她的曾祖父母可以去投票。 故事还讲述了她的叔叔如何面对其他人的不公平待遇,试图阻止他投票。以及她还是个小女孩时,被一群愤怒的暴民追赶,那些暴徒在他们的草坪上放火焚烧十字架,因为他们想要参与投票。 当Lillian回忆起这些记忆时,她鼓励一名年轻人去投票。 她的记忆从一场和平抗议活动中的一名 26 岁年轻男子的葬礼,到著名的塞尔玛游行。 然后在记忆中,Lillian看到了黑人如何获得更多权利和自由,一直到他们拥有投票站,她按下计票器并投票。 我推荐这本书是因为它非常鼓舞人心,书里的插图有拼贴和艺术品的混合,以及莉莲记忆中真实的历史片段。