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Sounds like home : growing up Black and deaf in the South / Mary Herring Wright.
- Title
- Sounds like home : growing up Black and deaf in the South / Mary Herring Wright.
- Author
- Wright, Mary Herring, 1924-2018
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, c1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HV2534.W75 A3 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 282 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Mary Herring Wright's book adds an important dimension to current literature in that it is a story about an African American deaf child. Her account is historically significant because it provides valuable descriptive information about the faculty and staff of the residential school for Black deaf and blind students she attended. She writes from a unique perspective because she was both a student and a student teacher. This engrossing narrative details the schools's curriculum, which included a week-long Black History celebration where students learned about important Black figures such as Madame Walker, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and George Washington Carver. It also describes the physical facilities as well as changes in those facilities over the years. Also, the story occurs during two major events in American history, the Depression and World War II." "Wright's account is one of enduring faith, perseverance, and optimism. Her keen observations will serve as a source of inspiration for others who are challenged in their own ways by life's obstacles."--Jacket.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Pt.1 A bouquet of roses -- The beginning -- Iron mine school days -- More childhood memories -- Scary times -- Make me a child again -- pt.2 A new kind of life -- The nightmare begins -- The train ride to a new world -- HOME!! -- Queen of the fairies -- The old and the new -- Changes, worries, and adventures -- Coming of age -- Boys and other trouble -- More changes and a difficult decision -- Accepted at last -- Graduation -- From student to teacher -- Good-bye, school days! Hello, world!
- ISBN
- 1563680807 (paperback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^99012907^
- OCLC
- 40838632
- SCSB-10811498
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library