On the Beat of Truth A Hearing Daughter's Stories of Her Black Deaf Parents

Name: On the Beat of Truth A Hearing Daughter's Stories of Her Black Deaf Parents
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ISBN: 9781563685521

ISBN-10: 1563685523

ISBN-13: 9781563685521

Edition: 2013

Authors: Maxine Childress Brown

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As an African American woman born in 1943, Maxine Childress Brown possessed a unique vantage point to witness the transformative events in her parents’ lives. Both came from the South -- her father, Herbert Childress, from Knoxville, TN, and her mother, Thomasina Noble Brown, from Concord, NC. The oldest of three daughters, Maxine was fascinated by her parents’ stories. She marveled at how they raised a well-respected, middle-class family in the midst of segregation with the added challenge of being deaf. Her parents met in Washington, DC, where they married and settled down. Her father worked as a shoe repairman for $65 per week for more than 15 years. A gifted seamstress, her mother…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Publication date: 6/21/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.35" wide x 8.74" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Foreword



Prologue


Acknowledgments


Brown and Childress Family Trees



A Policeman Comes A-Knockin'



Herbert Andrew Childress



Annie Dublin Nero and Martha Nero Brown



Thomasina Brown



Maxine



Becoming Aware of Things, Part I



Silent Herbert



Becoming Aware of Things, Part II



Social Club and Church



Summer with Grandma



From Chocolates to Fresh Goat and Pig Meat



Crossword Pruzzles and Pearl Bailey



The Bench



Becoming Aware of Things, Part III



The Notebook



From Happiness to Misery



Asbury Park



When Tempers Flare



Theodore Beamon



Let It Go


Epilogue