Title: Foster care odyssey
Description: Abandoned by her teenage mother in 1954 to a overwhelmingly white charity organization so begins Theresa's life as a 'ward of the state' of New York. She shares the heartbreaking struggle to survive in a foster care system where children's welfare often seemed the lowest priority.
Subjects: Foster children, Biography, African American women, Foster home care, 1000blackgirlbooks
Places: New York (State)
People: Theresa Cameron