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African American families Pennsylvania Philadelphia Fiction African American women Fiction African Americans Migrations History 20th century Fiction African Americans Social conditions 20th century Fiction Chauffeurs Fiction Race discrimination United States Fiction United States Race relations FictionHoward, Ravi.
Summary: An indelible portrait of prejudice and promise, friendship and loyalty, a daring look at race and class in pre-Civil Rights America, played out in the lives of two remarkable men.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HOWMathis, Ayana.
Summary: In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Instead, she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness a few pennies could have prevented. Hattie gives birth to nine more children whom she raises with grit and mettle and not an ounce of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012