Children of the Dream
Subtitle: Our Own Stories of Growing Up Black in America (Children of Conflict)
Publisher: Atria
Published: January 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780671008062
Subjects: History; United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000); Racism; Ethnic Issues; Biography; Sociology; Biography & Autobiography; Race relations; Biography/Autobiography; People of Color; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - 20th Century; Adolescents; Biography: general; Black studies; Children; History / United States / 20th Century; Racism & racial discrimination; USA; Anecdotes; Social conditions; United States; 20th century; African Americans
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.