From Colored to Black: A Bittersweet Journey

by Alpha Diallo

Overview

After her first book, "Born Colored: Life Before Bloody Sunday," Erin's readers demanded more. This story introduces Chicago memories from arriving as a young bride to the present day. It has been, as the sub-title indicates, a long and bittersweet journey.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157283872
Publisher:	Ampersand, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/13/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Erin Goseer Mitchell was born in Selma, Alabama. She grew up there and in Fitzgerald, Georgia one generation before the Civil Rights Movement began. Her stories reveal the insights of a child and the hard-won wisdom of a segregated Deep South survivor. By simply telling the truth about the daily lives of family and friends, Mitchell captures the tyranny upon which the Movement was built. Erin is a graduate of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia and has a Master of Music degree from Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois. She taught for 38 years and began a writing career after retiring from the Chicago Public Schools.

Editorial Reviews

With perceptive insight, Erin Goseer Mitchell continues to define race, class and family struggle in this companion book to her first powerful memoir. It is essential reading for anyone who wants a candid first-hand account of 20th century American history. Informal, yet passionate, her writing remains thought provoking and inspiring.

Laurence Carr, Author, Pancake Hollow Primer