Sign my name to freedom : a memoir of a pioneering life
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Author
Contributors
Allen-Taylor, J. Douglas, editor.
Published
Carlsbad, California ; Hay House, Inc., [2018].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781401954215, 1401954219
Physical Desc
xvii, 205 pages,16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Status
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Published
Carlsbad, California ; Hay House, Inc., [2018].
Language
English
ISBN
9781401954215, 1401954219
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"In Betty Reid Soskin's 96 years of living, she has been a witness to a grand sweep of American history. When she was born in 1921, the lynching of African-Americans was a national epidemic, blackface minstrel shows were the most popular American form of entertainment, white women had only just won the right to vote, and most African-Americans in the Deep South could not vote at all. From her great-grandmother, who had been enslaved until her mid-20s, Betty heard stories of slavery and the times of terror and struggle for black folk that followed. In her lifetime, Betty has watched the nation begin to confront its race and gender biases when forced to come together in the World War II era; seen our differences nearly break us apart again in the upheavals of the civil rights and Black Power eras; and, finally, lived long enough to witness both the election of an African-American president and the re-emergence of a militant, racist far right. Blending together selections from many of Betty's hundreds of blog entries with interviews, letters, and speeches, Sign My Name to Freedom invites you along on that journey, through the words and thoughts of a national treasure who has never stopped looking at herself, the nation, or the world with fresh eyes"--,Adapted from book jacket.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 979.46 SOSKIN SOS | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American women -- California -- East Bay -- Biography.
African Americans -- California -- East Bay -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Autobiographies.
College teachers' spouses -- California -- Berkeley -- Biography.
Creoles -- United States -- Biography.
East Bay (Calif.) -- Biography.
East Bay (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park (Agency : U.S.) -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Soskin, Betty Reid, -- 1921-
Women political activists -- California -- East Bay -- Biography.
African Americans -- California -- East Bay -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Autobiographies.
College teachers' spouses -- California -- Berkeley -- Biography.
Creoles -- United States -- Biography.
East Bay (Calif.) -- Biography.
East Bay (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park (Agency : U.S.) -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Soskin, Betty Reid, -- 1921-
Women political activists -- California -- East Bay -- Biography.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Soskin, B. R., & Allen-Taylor, J. D. (2018). Sign my name to freedom: a memoir of a pioneering life . Hay House, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Soskin, Betty Reid, 1921- and J. Douglas, Allen-Taylor. 2018. Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life. Hay House, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Soskin, Betty Reid, 1921- and J. Douglas, Allen-Taylor. Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life Hay House, Inc, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Soskin, Betty Reid, and J. Douglas Allen-Taylor. Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life Hay House, Inc., 2018.
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