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An inspiring memoir by two lively, keen-witted African American senior citizens. In their 200+ combined years, Sadie and Bessie Delany have seen it all. They saw their father, who was born into slavery, become America's first black Episcopal bishop. They saw their mother--a woman of mixed racial parentage who was born free--give birth to ten children, all of whom would become college-educated, successful professionals in a time when blacks could scarcely expect to receive a high school diploma. They saw the post-Reconstruction South, the Jim Crow laws,
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Having Our Say, Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 1993
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- Titre
- Having Our Say
- Langue
- Anglais
- Éditeur
- Kodansha America
- Publié
- 1993
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 156836010X
- ISBN13
- 9781568360102
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Thème historique, Histoire, Histoires vraies, Biographies, Autobiographies et mémoires, Littérature afro-américaine
- Évaluation
- 4,15 sur 5
- Description
- An inspiring memoir by two lively, keen-witted African American senior citizens. In their 200+ combined years, Sadie and Bessie Delany have seen it all. They saw their father, who was born into slavery, become America's first black Episcopal bishop. They saw their mother--a woman of mixed racial parentage who was born free--give birth to ten children, all of whom would become college-educated, successful professionals in a time when blacks could scarcely expect to receive a high school diploma. They saw the post-Reconstruction South, the Jim Crow laws,