Ellen's Broom
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Call Number: E LYO, Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Lyons, Kelly Starling
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch
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This story of an African American wedding explains the history of the custom of jumping the broom, and the time when slaves had not been allowed to legally marry before the post-slavery Reconstruction era.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 610
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780399250033
0399250034
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Minter, Daniel.
SUBJECTS
African Americans -- Marriage customs and rites -- Fiction.
African American families -- Fiction.