Summary
Presents the personal story of a young African-American woman growing up in 1940s and 1950s Mississippi. Full description
Summary: |
Presents the personal story of a young African-American woman growing up in 1940s and 1950s Mississippi. |
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Item Description: |
Autobiographical. |
Physical Description: |
348 p. 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780385337816 (pbk.) |
Author Notes: |
She wrote Coming of Age in Mississippi, which was published in 1968, while living in New York. This non-fiction work described what it was like to grow up black in the era of Jim Crow. Her other book, Mr. Death, is a collection of short stories for young people on the theme of mortality and was published in 1975. She held a series of non-writing jobs, including as a counselor in a New York City antipoverty program, before returning to Mississippi. She died on February 5, 2015 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) |