Having Our Say
Having Our Say
Life for the average black citizen during the reconstruction was not much better than the life led by slaves. However in this inspiring tale of freedom you see a family of educated "house" slaves evolve into a socially excepted, well educated, and working class family. This story of family ties shows the other side of the story. The side that is hardly ever told.
Sadie and Bessie, the books two protagonists, were members of this family. In a family of eight kids, they were the second and third born to Mr. Henry Beard Delany and Miss Nanny Logan. Now at the ripe age of 101 and 103, Bessie and Sadie recall the harshness of growing up as a young black woman in the world of a protestant white man. From childhood to their winter years these two women have seen history pass before them. They've seen the beginning and end of five wars(World war 1, World war 2, Vietnam, Spanish/American war, and Operation Desert storm). Our own great country has grown and changed over......
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