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At the Elbows of My Elders: One Family's Journey toward Civil Rights
Gail Milissa Grant
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Description for At the Elbows of My Elders: One Family's Journey toward Civil Rights
Hardcover. A memoir that recounts the battles fought by the author's father, David M Grant, a lawyer and civil rights activist in St Louis, and describes the challenges she faced in navigating her way through institutions marked by racial prejudice. It also illuminates the culture of middle-class black families. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
While America is familiar with the modern civil rights movement begun in the 1950s, little has been published about black families throughout the country who had been fighting segregation in their local communities for decades. Their everyday battles (both individual and institutional) built the foundation for the more publicized crusade to follow. In this memoir, Gail Milissa Grant draws back the curtain on those times and presents touching vignettes of a life most Americans know nothing about.She recounts the battles fought by her father, David M. Grant, a lawyer and civil rights activist in St. Louis, and describes the challenges ... Read more
While America is familiar with the modern civil rights movement begun in the 1950s, little has been published about black families throughout the country who had been fighting segregation in their local communities for decades. Their everyday battles (both individual and institutional) built the foundation for the more publicized crusade to follow. In this memoir, Gail Milissa Grant draws back the curtain on those times and presents touching vignettes of a life most Americans know nothing about.She recounts the battles fought by her father, David M. Grant, a lawyer and civil rights activist in St. Louis, and describes the challenges ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Missouri History Museum Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781883982669
SKU
V9781883982669
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About Gail Milissa Grant
Gail Milissa Grant was a foreign service officer with the U.S. Information Agency for more than twenty years, managing international cultural and educational exchange programs overseas. A former Assistant Professor of Art and Architectural History at Howard University, she is now a writer and public speaker based in Rome.
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