Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights by Due, Tananarive

Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780345447340)

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Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights by Due, Tananarive

Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights

$23.00
Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights by Due, Tananarive

Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights

$23.00
Format: Paperback
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Tananarive's mother, Patricia Stephens Due, was a student at Florida A&M when she was arrested for trying to integrate a Woolworth's lunch counter and spent 49 days in jail. Here is a tribute from a daughter who sees her mother as heroic, stubborn, loving and difficult.

Author: Tananarive Due, Patricia Stephens Due
ISBN-10: 0345447344
ISBN-13: 9780345447340
Publisher: One World
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2003
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.57w x 1.01d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.1
Point Value: 29
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 69200 / Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights

Award: Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award - Honor Book
By Tananarive Due
By Tananarive Due
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Tananarive Due is a former features writer for the Miami Herald. She has written many highly acclaimed novels, including The Black Rose and My Soul to Keep. She received a 2002 American Book Award for her novel The Living Blood. Ms. Due makes her home in Longview, Washington, with her husband, novelist Steven Barnes.

Patricia Stephens Due was a civil rights activist with CORE while attending Florida A&M University. In 1960, based on her nonviolent stand during a landmark "jail-in," she received the prestigious Gandhi Award. She is married to a civil rights lawyer, has three daughters, and continues to work for change in America. Over the years, she has conducted civil rights workshops and re-enactments for colleges, public schools, civic groups, and churches. She lives in Miami, Florida, with her husband, John Due.

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