Children of Strangers

Name: Children of Strangers
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ISBN: 9780877222408

ISBN-10: 0877222401

ISBN-13: 9780877222408

Edition: 1981

Authors: Kathryn Morgan, Otey M. Scruggs

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Collecting her family's own stories and photographs, Kathryn Morgan has brought to life the attempts of five generations of black women to cope with the fears, angers, and anxieties of life in a hostile white society. Compiled in three parts-the Caddy Legends, childhood reminiscences, and Maggie's memories of "color" and "race"-these tales are written in the southern, black oral tradition, and were told and re-told as emotional buffers against an inherently inhuman situation. According to the author, "family folklore was the antidote used by our parents, grandparents, and great grandparents to help us counteract the poison of self-hate engendered by racism." The two principal "warriors" in…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 1981
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 6/15/1981
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 122
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English