Something Inside So Strong: Life in Pursuit of Choice, Courage, and Change

by Mildred P Walter

In 1922, Mildred Pitts Walter was born in DeRidder, Louisiana, to a log cutter and a midwife/beautician. She became the first member of her family to go to college, graduating in 1940. Walter moved to California, where she worked as an elementary school teacher. After being encouraged by a publisher to write books for and about African American children, Walter went on to become a pioneer of African American children's literature. Most notably, she...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496825837
• ISBN13: 9781496825834
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"