The Day Madear Voted
I never saw her at the polling place. She always went early and beat me there. And for a good 15 years, while we shared a polling location, before I signed my name I’d scan the page for hers. Local elections. National elections. Lurline Jones Hudson’s vote was placed and counted. I never thought about the very first time she voted. But my dad did. And he wrote a book inspired by that day and the long fight it took us to get there. The Day Madear Voted , by Wade Hudson, illustrated by Don Tate, was released yesterday. It’s an inspiring and important story. Here’s one of my favorite spreads from the book. Madear signing her name. Photo description: Katura holds a closed copy of The Day Madear Voted, which pictured two Black boys waiting for their mom, who is peaking out of the polling booth. In a second photo, a spread from the book, Madear is signing her name and waiting in line to vote.