<I>This Child's Gonna Live</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1971
name: label: Written by
content: Sarah Elizabeth Wright, American, 1928 - 2009
label: Published by
content: Dell Publishing Co., American, 1929 - 1974
notes: label: Description
content: A first edition paperback book entitled This Child’s Gonna Live by Sarah E. Wright with a cover that features sepia toned portrait of Sarah E. Wright with off-white text. The upper left-hand corner has publication and pricing information in small white text along with an excerpt from a Chicago Sunday-Times review. Large off-white text justified to the left shows the title [This / Child’s / Gonna / Live]. Beneath this, smaller off-white text reads [by / Sarah E. Wright].
label: Description
content: The back cover is beige with black text and features a synopsis, three reviews, and a biography of Sarah E. Wright.
label: Description
content: This 276-page book follows the main character, Mariah Upshur, wife and mother, living in the fictional fishing village of Tangierneck on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the 1930s. Mariah’s husband, Jacob has been swindled out of his land by rich, white landowners and is forced to choose between working in a system reminiscent of share-cropping or as a fisherman, enduring rough weather. The Upshurs have three sons, a daughter who died prematurely and another daughter with whom Mariah is pregnant. While Jacob oftentimes buckles under the unrelenting systemic forces that oppress his family, Mariah endures her day-to-day trials while remaining determined to create a better future for her children.
label: Description
content: Wright depicts the struggles of poor African American women, who confront the multiple oppressions of class, race, and gender.
label: Description
content: There are no signatures or inscriptions.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Eastern Shore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Family of Sarah Elizabeth Wright
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.61.14
objectType: label: Type
content: paperbacks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1969 by Sarah E. Wright
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. (20 x 13.3 cm)