Children of the Dream
Subtitle: Our Own Stories Growing Up Black in America
Publisher: Atria
Published: January 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780671008031
Subjects: Adolescents; Biography: general; Black studies; Children; Racism & racial discrimination; United States - 20th Century (1945 to present); Social conditions; Ethnic Issues; Black American Sociology; Blacks In The U.S.; United States; Social Science; Sociology; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - 20th Century; United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000); Current Events / American; Anecdotes; 20th century; African Americans; Biography; History; Racism
First sentence: In this heart-stoppingly honest and beautiful account of four generations of challenge, resilience, and generosity, Arline Lorraine Piper, who will turn seventy-five this year, takes us back to the time of the Great Depression, when she was just beginning first grade at a mostly white school in Boston, Massachusetts.