Tananarive Due, Patricia Stephens Due

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Freedom in the Family (eBook, ePUB)

A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights

Beschreibung

Patricia Stephens Due fought for justice during the height of the Civil Rights era. Her daughter, Tananarive, grew up deeply enmeshed in the values of a family committed to making right whatever they saw as wrong. Together, in alternating chapters, they have written a paean to the movementits hardships, its nameless foot soldiers, and its achievementsand an incisive examination of the future of justice in this country. Their mother-daughter journey spanning two generations of struggles is an unforgettable story.

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• Größe: 5.71MB
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• Text-to-Speech
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Autor

Tananarive Due is a former features writer for the Miami Herald. She has written many highly acclaimed novels, including The Black Rose and My Soul to Keep. She received a 2002 American Book Award for her novel The Living Blood. Ms. Due makes her home in Longview, Washington, with her husband, novelist Steven Barnes. Patricia Stephens Due was a civil rights activist with CORE while attending Florida A&M University. In 1960, based on her nonviolent stand during a landmark jail-in, she received the prestigious Gandhi Award. She is married to a civil rights lawyer, has three daughters, and continues to work for change in America. Over the years, she has conducted civil rights workshops and re-enactments for colleges, public schools, civic groups, and churches. She lives in Miami, Florida, with her husband, John Due.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780307525345
• Artikelnr.: 39205035