Bibliograph

Evicted!, the struggle for the right to vote, Alice Faye Duncan ; art by Charly Palmer

Type

Label

Evicted!, the struggle for the right to vote, Alice Faye Duncan ; art by Charly Palmer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Evicted!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1290490080

Responsibility statement

Alice Faye Duncan ; art by Charly Palmer

Sub title

the struggle for the right to vote

Summary

The late 1950s was a turbulent time in Fayette County, Tennessee. Black and White children went to different schools. Jim Crow signs hung high. And while Black hands in Fayette were free to work in the nearby fields as sharecroppers, the same Black hands were barred from casting ballots in public elections. If they dared to vote, they faced threats of violence by the local Ku Klux Klan or White citizens. It wasn't until Black landowners organized registration drives to help Black citizens vote did change begin--but not without White farmers' attempts to prevent it. They violently evicted Black sharecroppers off their land, leaving families stranded and forced to live in tents. White shopkeepers blacklisted these families, refusing to sell them groceries, clothes, and other necessities. But the voiceless did finally speak, culminating in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which legally ended voter discrimination.

Table Of Contents

Mapping a movement -- Tent city profiles -- Prologue to freedom -- Big man blues -- The legend of Burton Dodson -- John the Revelator -- The ghost of Thomas Brooks -- Harpman goes to war -- Minnie joins the fight -- The good shephard -- People in the tents -- John and Viola -- Charlie Outsider -- Big man speaks -- Golden -- Epilogue -- Fayette County timeline

Target audience

primary

Classification