Growing Up Black in Rural Mississippi: Memories of a Family, Heritage of a Place

By Chalmers Archer

Book Overview

A memoir that brings to life the hardships and heroism of a black family in the rural South. Beginning with the Depression and concluding on the eve of great social change in the 1950s, Archer weaves together family experiences, tales and legends, history and sociology, and creates an authentic account that will appeal to readers interested in family and ethnic heritage. (Walker and Company)

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802711758
• ISBN13: 9780802711755
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Walker & Company
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"