• Home
  • About
  • Books
  • Resources
  • Speaking
  • Connect
  • www.alicefayeduncan.com
  • More
    • Home
    • About
    • Books
    • Resources
    • Speaking
    • Connect
    • www.alicefayeduncan.com

  • Home
  • About
  • Books
  • Resources
  • Speaking
  • Connect
  • www.alicefayeduncan.com

Evicted!

The Struggle for the Right to Vote

 

Shortlist, Goddard Riverside/CBC Young People’s Book Prize for Social Justice 


Bank Street Best Book of the Year 


The Black Caucus of ALA (American Library Association) Best Books of 2022 


This critical civil rights book for middle-graders examines the little-known Tennessee’s Fayette County Tent City Movement in the late 1950s and reveals what is possible when people unite and fight for the right to vote. Powerfully conveyed through interconnected stories and told through the eyes of a child, this book combines poetry, prose, and stunning illustrations to shine light on this forgotten history.


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. 
 

Perfect for young readers, teachers/librarians, and parents interested in books for kids with themes of:

  • Activism
  • Social justice
  • Civil rights
  • Black history

Lesson Plan

EVICTED! Teacher Guide (Free to Everyone) 

View PDF

Praise

"This is an important contribution to civil rights collections."

"[The book is] made personal through the testimonies of individuals who were crucial to the movement."

"An empathic tribute that will resonate amid present-day conversations about voter suppression."

Booklist 

"An empathic tribute that will resonate amid present-day conversations about voter suppression."

"[The book is] made personal through the testimonies of individuals who were crucial to the movement."

"An empathic tribute that will resonate amid present-day conversations about voter suppression."

Publishers Weekly

"[The book is] made personal through the testimonies of individuals who were crucial to the movement."

"[The book is] made personal through the testimonies of individuals who were crucial to the movement."

"Readers will enjoy hearing and learning about this tumultuous period of history… a vivid picture book."

Kirkus Reviews

"Readers will enjoy hearing and learning about this tumultuous period of history… a vivid picture book."

"Readers will enjoy hearing and learning about this tumultuous period of history… a vivid picture book."

"Readers will enjoy hearing and learning about this tumultuous period of history… a vivid picture book."

School Library Connection 

"An important addition to all collections, a must read for middle and high school readers."

"Readers will enjoy hearing and learning about this tumultuous period of history… a vivid picture book."

"An important addition to all collections, a must read for middle and high school readers."

The Nonfiction Detectives

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature (CSMCL) Best Book of 2022

"Readers will enjoy hearing and learning about this tumultuous period of history… a vivid picture book."

"An important addition to all collections, a must read for middle and high school readers."

Buy the Book

AmazonBarnes & NobleBooks A MillionBookshop


  • Home
  • About
  • Books
  • Resources
  • Speaking
  • Connect

Powered by