At mama's knee : mothers and race in black and white / April Ryan.
2017
E184.A1 .R79 2017
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Title
At mama's knee : mothers and race in black and white / April Ryan.
Author
Ryan, April, 1967- author.
ISBN
9781442265639 (cloth)
1442265639 (cloth)
9781442265646 (electronic)
1442265647
9781442265646
1442265639 (cloth)
9781442265646 (electronic)
1442265647
9781442265646
Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Language
English
Description
viii, 137 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
E184.A1 .R79 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.800973
Summary
"In her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan examined race in America through her experience as a White House reporter. In this book, she shifts the conversation from the White House to every home in America. At Mama's Knee looks at race and race relations through the lessons that mothers transmit to their children. As a single African American mother in Baltimore, Ryan has struggled with each gut wrenching, race related news story to find the words to convey the right lessons to her daughters. To better understand how mothers transfer to their children wisdom on race and race relations, she reached out to other mothers--prominent political leaders like Hillary Clinton and Valerie Jarrett, celebrities like Cindy Williams, and others like Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, whose lives have been impacted by prominent race related events. At a time when Americans still struggle to address racial division and prejudice, their stories remind us that attitudes change from one generation to the next and one child at a time."--Publisher's description
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Includes index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
More than a headline
Born a statistic
A mother's love
The N word
The faith of our mothers
Mothers, presidents, and race
A tale of two cities
Assimilation
Work/life balance
Educating the future
Conclusion: a prayer for harmony
Acknowledgments
Index.
Introduction
More than a headline
Born a statistic
A mother's love
The N word
The faith of our mothers
Mothers, presidents, and race
A tale of two cities
Assimilation
Work/life balance
Educating the future
Conclusion: a prayer for harmony
Acknowledgments
Index.