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Proud shoes : the story of an American family /

History of a family blended from slaves, free blacks, white slaveowners, Cherokee Indians, and others. Pauli Murray tells the story of her grandparents, delving into the realities of slavery, survival, and miscegenation in the pre-Civil War/Reconstruction era in the South."A significant contrib...

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Main Author: Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, 1999.
Series:Black women writers series.
Subjects:
Fitzgerald family.
Murray, Pauli, > 1910-1985 > Family.
Fitzgerald (Famille)
Murray, Pauli, > 1910-1985
African American families > Biography.
African Americans > Social life and customs.
Familles noires américaines > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Mœurs et coutumes.
African American families.
Families.
États-Unis > Biographies.
Biography
Biography.
Biographies.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Summary:History of a family blended from slaves, free blacks, white slaveowners, Cherokee Indians, and others. Pauli Murray tells the story of her grandparents, delving into the realities of slavery, survival, and miscegenation in the pre-Civil War/Reconstruction era in the South."A significant contribution to our understanding of the black experience in America. ... Fascinating."--Publishers Weekly.
Item Description:Originally published: New York : Harper, [1956].
Physical Description:xxi, 280 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 280).
ISBN:0807072095
9780807072097