Coloring book · From the Block Coloring Books, Book 2
From the Block to the Ballot Box
Our People, Our Story, Your Colors
Ages 8 and up
The African American fight for the vote, in a story you can color.
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Zuri is running for class president, and her brother Malik is sure that one vote can't change anything. Then Grandma Pearl opens her scrapbook of African American history.
Page by page, they meet the Black Americans who won, lost and won back the right to vote and to lead: Hiram Revels and Joseph Rainey in 1870, Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, Fannie Lou Hamer, John Lewis, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan and more, all the way to the history made in the 2026 election.
It's African American history told with honesty and pride, and with Republicans and Democrats alike. Every picture has a short caption, so it's a book you can read as well as color.
A meaningful gift for Black History Month, for classrooms, and for African American kids and grandkids who will vote one day.
What's inside
- 49 full-page pictures that tell one story through African American political history
- Grandma Pearl's Scrapbook at the front: a short, colorable bio card for every leader, with the page where you'll meet them
- Real people and events from 1870 through the 2026 election
- Selma, the Voting Rights Act and the march to Montgomery, told for young readers
- African American kids, parents and elders, with natural hair of every kind
- A blank poster at the end to design your own campaign
- Each picture printed on one side of the page, 8.5 x 11 inches
A peek inside
For grown-ups Tell me when it's out
More in this series
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An African American family story you can color. Every square is somebody's story.
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African American pioneers of the sky and a kid with a cardboard telescope.
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African American music, from the stoop to the spotlight.
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An African American holiday story you color yourself: Christmas, Kwanzaa and Watch Night.