The author of No Crystal Stair chronicles her journey from a Southern housing project to a professorship at Spelman College, recalling her childhood in a segregated South, her civil rights activism, and her spiritual background. Tour.
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The author of No Crystal Stair presents a moving memoir of her childhood spent in a housing project in segregated Memphis in the 1940s.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A lyrical memoir by a gifted poet and respected professor of English at Spelman College. Rather than providing a strictly chronological dissertation of her life, the author weaves back and forth through time, fashioning a richly textured autobiographical tapestry. Wade-Gayles conducts the reader on an alternately wrenching and uplifting personally guided tour of her emotional, spiritual, and intellectual maturation as a southern black female. As she comes of age in the housing projects of racially polarized Memphis, Tennessee, on the eve of the civil-rights movement, she is sustained by a loving extended family and a strong, faith community. During the tumultuous course of the next four decades, she draws sustenance and inspiration from the proud legacy of her grandmother, her mother, and her aunts as she continuously confronts the twin evils of racism and sexism. A bittersweet collection of "rememberings" that serves as an illuminating testament to the collective tenacity of African American women. Highly recommended as sociology as well as biography. Margaret Flanagan
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I loved the book because I knew all the places .,
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This review is from: Pushed Back to Strength (Paperback)
I went to High School with Gloria, and I never knew that she had such a work in her. I found myself not being able to put it down. The book has such an easy reading style, and quite funny too, (especially the loss of hair segment). I knew many of the places that she referred to, as I said I was raised in that town also. Her references to lifestyle and struggles after childhood were quite profound. I would reccommend that anyone of any race read the book, because It was quite enjoyable. Gloria Watkins
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