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Written by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
Illustrated by: James Ransome
Candlewick Press, 2015.
A boy joins his Black grandfather in town as he goes to vote for the first time. Even though the new laws allow it, he is turned away and the boy vows to vote for his grandfather one day. 

By: James Ransome
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019.
This book follows a week in the life of a slave girl. 

Written by: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by: James Ransome
Disney- Jump at the Sun, 2015.
A brother and sister leave their parents and go to school for the first time to learn.

Freedom Bird
Written by: Jerdine Nolen
Illustrated by: James Ransome
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021.
A family of slaves dream of freedom and make a plan to escape.

Written by: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by: James Ransome
Disney/ Jump at the Sun Books, 2013.
A slave mother and son sneak out at night to go to a school to learn how to read and write. 

Written by: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by: James Ransome
Holiday House, 2020.
A family uses the overground railroad to travel North to freedom.

Written by: Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein
Illustrated by: James Ransome
Candlewick Press, 2020.
A Black boy gets to ride his first train. Although they are put in a segregated car at first and separated from anyone white, as they cross state borders the signs are taken down and he makes a new friend.

Written by: Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrated by: James Ransome
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group, 2013.
Follow a family's history through a rope that has traveled with them since the very beginning. 



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