Delta Rainbow - The Irrepressible Betty Bobo Pearson

Informationen zum Autor Sally Palmer Thomason was born, raised, and educated in California but has lived in Memphis for over fifty years. She retired as the dean of continuing and corporate education at Rhodes College and has authored several books, including The Power of One: Sister Anne Brooks and the Tutwiler Clinic and Delta Rainbow: The Irrepressible Betty Bobo Pearson , both published by University Press of Mississippi. Klappentext Betty Bobo Pearson (b. 1922)! a seventh-generation! plantation-born Mississippian! defied her cultural heritage - and caused great personal pain for her parents and herself - when she became an activist in the civil rights movement. Never fearing to break the mold in her search for the "best!” she! in her ninety-third year! remains a strong! effective leader with a fun-loving! generous spirit. Zusammenfassung Betty Bobo Pearson (b. 1922), a seventh-generation, plantation-born Mississippian, defied her cultural heritage - and caused great personal pain for her parents and herself - when she became an activist in the civil rights movement. Never fearing to break the mold in her search for the “best,” she, in her ninety-third year, remains a strong, effective leader with a fun-loving, generous spirit.

Product details

• Authors: Sally Thomason, Sally Palmer Thomason, Sally Palmer/ Fisher Thomason
• Publisher: University press of mississipp
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9781496806642
• ISBN: 978-1-4968-0664-2
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Willie Morris Books in Memoir; Willie Morris Books in Memoir; Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous