Papa's mark
By: by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert ; illustrated by Colin Bootman.
Contributors: Bootman, Colin, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 -- Juvenile fiction.; African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 -- Fiction.; Voting -- Fiction.; Literacy -- Fiction.; Fathers and sons -- Fiction.; Southern States -- History -- 1865-1877 -- Juvenile fiction.; Southern States -- History -- 1865-1877 -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: After his son helps him learn to write his name, Samuel T. Blow goes to the courthouse in his Southern town to cast his ballot on the first election day ever on which African Americans were allowed to vote.