Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years

Sarah Delany; Annie Elizabeth Delany; Amy Hill Hearth

ISBN 10: 156836010X / ISBN 13: 9781568360102

Published by Kodansha USA, 1993

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Synopsis:

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,

About the Author:
AMY HILL HEARTH is a writer who was born in western Massachusetts but spent her childhood in South Carolina. Her career has included work as a film and drama critic, award-winning columnist, and beat reporter. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100...
Publisher: Kodansha USA
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: very_good