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On the Beat of Truth
Maxine Childress Brown
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Description for On the Beat of Truth
Paperback. The author pays tribute to the tenacity and dignity with which her mother and father - both of whom were deaf and African American - lived and raised three hearing daughters in Washington, DC during the deeply segregated decades of the mid-twentieth century. This title tells the biography of her parents. Num Pages: 184 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFFG; JFSL3; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
In this biography of her parents, Maxine Childress Brown pays tribute to the tenacity and dignity with which her mother and father - both of whom were deaf and African American - lived and raised three hearing daughters in Washington, D.C. during the deeply segregated decades of the mid-twentieth century. "On the Beat of Truth" is a stunning personal history, reflecting upon the complex struggles encountered at the tenuous intersection of race and disability.
In this biography of her parents, Maxine Childress Brown pays tribute to the tenacity and dignity with which her mother and father - both of whom were deaf and African American - lived and raised three hearing daughters in Washington, D.C. during the deeply segregated decades of the mid-twentieth century. "On the Beat of Truth" is a stunning personal history, reflecting upon the complex struggles encountered at the tenuous intersection of race and disability.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781563685521
SKU
V9781563685521
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99-15
About Maxine Childress Brown
Maxine Childress Brown is an interpreter for the deaf, certified by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, and a former assistant professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, and SUNY Geneseo.
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