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|fullname=Yvonne Marie Ellison<ref>''[[Never Stop Singing]]'' pg 190: ''"Listen everyone." [said Mommy]. "We have a freedom fighter. Her name is Yvonne Marie Ellison."''</ref><br />
|nickname=Vonnie<br />
|firstappearance=''[[No Ordinary Sound]]''<br />
|father=[[Will Ellison]]<br />
|mother=[[Frances Ellison]]<br />
|siblings=[[Dwayne Ellison]]<br><br />
[[Lila Ellison]]<br><br />
[[Melody Ellison]]<br />
|grandparents=[[Geneva Porter]]<br><br />
[[Frank Porter]]<br />
|cousin=[[Tish Porter]]<br><br />
[[Charles Porter]]<br><br />
[[Valerie Porter]]}}<br />
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'''Yvonne Ellison''' is the eldest sister of [[Melody Ellison]]. <br />
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==Personality and Facts==<br />
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Yvonne is Melody's older sister, and frequently nicknamed "Vonnie". She is the oldest of the four Ellison children. She attends Tuskegee University in Alabama--her mother's alma mater--and is in her second year at the start of Melody's books, placing her at about twenty years old. <br />
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Like everyone in their family, Yvonne is a good singer. She is an activist for Black rights, and participates in the [[Wikipedia:March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom|March on Washington]], [[Wikipedia:Detroit Walk to Freedom|Detroit Walk to Freedom]] (which members of her family participate in as well) and the [[Wikipedia:Freedom Summer|Mississippi Summer Project]]. During the events of the first books, one of the things she does is fluff her hair out into an Afro, as a sign of Black pride. She also works as a civil rights worked in the summer of 1964. <br />
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Yvonne is left handed.<ref>''[[Never Stop Singing]]'', pg 183: ''[Yvonne] picked up her fork with her right hand, and because she was left handed, she had trouble using it.''</ref><br />
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==In the Books==<br />
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===''[[No Ordinary Sound]]''===<br />
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===''[[Never Stop Singing]]''===<br />
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===''[[Music in My Heart: My Journey with Melody]]''===<br />
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===''[[The Lady's Slipper]]''===<br />
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===''[[Melody: My Diary]]''===<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Melody Ellison]]<br />
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