The Progress of Our People: A Story of Black Representation at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

by Anne E. Johnson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631635395
• ISBN13: 9781631635397
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Jolly Fish Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.8" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7