Title: Fly in the buttermilk : the life story of Cecil Reed /
Authors: Reed, Cecil, 1913-; Donovan, Priscilla.
Publisher: University of Iowa Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Reed, Cecil,; Iowa. Biography.; Legislators Iowa Biography.; African American legislators Iowa Biography.; Iowa Politics and government.
Abstract: Born in 1913 in Collinsville, Illinois, Cecil Reed has lived all of his life in the Midwest as a black man among whites. This self-styled fly in the buttermilk worked among whites with such skill and grace that they were barely aware of his existence - unless he wanted to get a bank loan or move into their neighborhood. Now, in his lively and optimistic autobiography, he speaks of his resilience throughout a life spent working peacefully but passionately for equality. As.