Jo Ivester

The Outskirts of Hope

A Memoir of the 1960s Deep South

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Produktbeschreibung

A moving, inspirational memoir about how living and working in an all-black town during the height of the civil rights movement profoundly affected the author's entire family-and how they in turn impacted the community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: She Writes Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781631529641
• ISBN-10: 1631529641
• Artikelnr.: 41400305

Autorenporträt

Jo Ivester spent two years of her childhood living in a trailer in Mound Bayou, where she was the only white student at her junior high. She finished high school in Florida before attending Reed, MIT, and Stanford in preparation for a career in transportation and manufacturing. Following the birth of her fourth child, she became a teacher. She and her husband teach each January at MIT and travel extensively, splitting their time between Texas, Colorado, and Singapore.