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The Progress of Our People

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The Progress of Our People Synopsis

It's 1893, and Lorraine Williams can't wait to attend the Chicago World's Fair and see her idol, the Black opera singer Sissieretta Jones. But when activist and writer Ida B. Wells urges Black Americans to boycott the fair, Lorraine's father forbids Lorraine from going. After all, there is no exhibition about the progress that the Black community has made since Emancipation, and the fair has lacked Black representation since it was first being planned. But Lorraine will do anything to see Miss Jones and ensure other Black people can hear Miss Jones sing. What does progress look like if not Sissieretta Jones, who embodies everything Lorraine wants to be? It's the storytellers that preserve a nation's history. But what happens when some stories are silenced? The I Am America series features fictional stories based on important historical events about people whose voices have been excluded, lost, or forgotten over time.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9781631635380
Publication date: 1st September 2021
Author: Anne E Johnson
Illustrator: Eric Freeberg
Publisher: Jolly Fish Press an imprint of North Star Editions
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 134 pages
Series: I Am America
Genres: Historical Fiction