<I>This Child's Gonna Live</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1986
name: label: Written by
content: Sarah Elizabeth Wright, American, 1928 - 2009
label: Published by
content: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, American, founded 1970
label: Signed by
content: Sarah Elizabeth Wright, American, 1928 - 2009
notes: label: Description
content: A paperback book entitled This Child’s Gonna Live with a cover featuring pink text over a photograph of Sarah E. Wright. Large text along the upper left corner reads [This Child’s / Gonna / Live]. The bottom third of the cover shows text reading [A Novel by / SARAH E. / WRIGHT /[With an Appreciation / by John Oliver Killens]. A solid pink line extends from [Killens] to the far-right edge.
label: Description
content: The back of the book is white with an orange header and black text. It features three book reviews and short biographies of Sarah E. Wright and John Oliver Killens.
label: Description
content: The 286-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: The author has signed, dated, and written an inscription to [Joyce].
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)
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
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: 2010.61.24
objectType: label: Type
content: paperbacks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 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: 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (21.6 x 13.7 cm)