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Informationen zum Autor S. R. MARTIN JR. retired from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in 1997 after a distinguished career as teacher, scholar, and administrator of the school. His essays, reviews and stories have been published in the Seattle Review , Journal of Western African American Culture , and Obsidian II . His Ph.D. in American Studies is from Washington State University. Klappentext In distinctive, engaging prose, S. R. Martin Jr. crafts the story of his forebears and their westward journey, begun even before the great black migration that occurred around the two world wars. By narrating the struggles and triumphs of his family--both paternal and maternal--during their move west, he illuminates an under-studied facet of African American history. As Martin explains it, he and his brother "arrived on the scene at the confluence of these family streams in time to catch a ride to the shining sea." Students, scholars, and interested general readers of modern African American history and sociology will be greatly rewarded by reading this warm and vivid personal and family memoir. Zusammenfassung Crafts the story of the author's forebears and their westward journey! begun even before the great black migration that occurred around the two world wars. This book narrates the struggles and triumphs of his family - both paternal and maternal - during their move west. It illuminates a facet of African American history.
