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Road to the Polls - Book Backdrop by Samantha West
Album Description
Although a picture book, this book gives the personal story of a fictional character, the elderly Lillian (an African American AND woman), as she goes through her family members struggle to vote over the years. The images will show examples of the types of struggles her family members, and other African Americans, experienced when trying to vote
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Literacy Test
Teaching Notes
African Americans were required to pass a "literacy test" in order to vote
Rosa Parks' Poll Tax Receipt
Teaching Notes
African Americans were required to pay money in the form of a "poll tax" to vote
"A Freemen's Guide to the Polls"
Teaching Notes
Guidebooks were written for African Americans giving them strategies and information on how to successfully navigate the systematic racism in the American poll booths
"Death at the Polls"
Teaching Notes
A newspaper article depicting a skeleton holding a shotgun to show the intimidation African Americans experienced when trying to vote
Uncle Tommer
Teaching Notes
A political cartoon showing the similar tactics of white Americans keeping African Americans enslaved in chains vs. inhibiting them from voting
