The Resource The song and the silence : a story about family, race, and what was revealed in a small town in the Mississippi Delta while searching for Booker Wright, Yvette Johnson
The song and the silence : a story about family, race, and what was revealed in a small town in the Mississippi Delta while searching for Booker Wright, Yvette Johnson
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The item The song and the silence : a story about family, race, and what was revealed in a small town in the Mississippi Delta while searching for Booker Wright, Yvette Johnson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in G.A.R. Memorial Library (West Newbury).
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- Summary
- "In this...memoir, Yvette Johnson travels to the Mississippi Delta to uncover the true story of her later grandfather, whose extraordinary act of courage changed both their live. "Have to keep that smile," Booker Wright said in the 1966 NBC documentary Mississippi: A Self-Portrait. At the time, Wright spent his evenings waiting tables for whites at a local restaurant and his mornings running his own business. The ripple effect from his remarks would cement Booker as a civil rights icon because he did the unthinkable: before a national audience, Wright described what life truly was like for the black people of Greenwood, Mississippi"--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xx, 315 pages
- Contents
-
- Part I. Places in time
- Where he was king
- Scattered
- A yellow gal
- Part II. Family
- Black is beautiful
- Coming to terms
- "Get off this place"
- Part III. Surface of the deep
- Colorless
- A catalyst
- A place for the planter class
- Part IV. Some sort of charm
- A magical town
- A not-so magical town
- Making a movement
- Part V. The delta
- From the cotton fields to the football fields
- Fever
- Town on fire
- A self-portrait
- Part VI. Mothers
- A crack in the world
- A specific kind of pain
- A history lesson
- Part VII. The river's Eden
- A place to descend to
- Descendants of master and slave
- Booker's place
- Deconstructing a racist
- Part VIII. A twisted strand
- Quiet years
- A murder story
- Greenwood
- Part IX. Inheritance
- Booker's song
- Remembering
- Isbn
- 9781476754949
- Label
- The song and the silence : a story about family, race, and what was revealed in a small town in the Mississippi Delta while searching for Booker Wright
- Title
- The song and the silence
- Title remainder
- a story about family, race, and what was revealed in a small town in the Mississippi Delta while searching for Booker Wright
- Statement of responsibility
- Yvette Johnson
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Biography
- Greenwood (Miss.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Mississippi | Greenwood -- Biography
- Murder victims -- Mississippi | Greenwood -- Biography
- Racism -- Mississippi | Greenwood -- History -- 20th century
- Wright, Booker
- Johnson, Yvette -- Family
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In this...memoir, Yvette Johnson travels to the Mississippi Delta to uncover the true story of her later grandfather, whose extraordinary act of courage changed both their live. "Have to keep that smile," Booker Wright said in the 1966 NBC documentary Mississippi: A Self-Portrait. At the time, Wright spent his evenings waiting tables for whites at a local restaurant and his mornings running his own business. The ripple effect from his remarks would cement Booker as a civil rights icon because he did the unthinkable: before a national audience, Wright described what life truly was like for the black people of Greenwood, Mississippi"--Dust jacket
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, Yvette
- Dewey number
- 305.896/073076246
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- F349.G82
- LC item number
- J64 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wright, Booker
- Johnson, Yvette
- African Americans
- Murder victims
- Greenwood (Miss.)
- Racism
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Label
- The song and the silence : a story about family, race, and what was revealed in a small town in the Mississippi Delta while searching for Booker Wright, Yvette Johnson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Places in time -- Where he was king -- Scattered -- A yellow gal -- Part II. Family -- Black is beautiful -- Coming to terms -- "Get off this place" -- Part III. Surface of the deep -- Colorless -- A catalyst -- A place for the planter class -- Part IV. Some sort of charm -- A magical town -- A not-so magical town -- Making a movement -- Part V. The delta -- From the cotton fields to the football fields -- Fever -- Town on fire -- A self-portrait -- Part VI. Mothers -- A crack in the world -- A specific kind of pain -- A history lesson -- Part VII. The river's Eden -- A place to descend to -- Descendants of master and slave -- Booker's place -- Deconstructing a racist -- Part VIII. A twisted strand -- Quiet years -- A murder story -- Greenwood -- Part IX. Inheritance -- Booker's song -- Remembering
- Control code
- ocn982465118
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xx, 315 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476754949
- Lccn
- 2016055229
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)982465118
- Label
- The song and the silence : a story about family, race, and what was revealed in a small town in the Mississippi Delta while searching for Booker Wright, Yvette Johnson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Places in time -- Where he was king -- Scattered -- A yellow gal -- Part II. Family -- Black is beautiful -- Coming to terms -- "Get off this place" -- Part III. Surface of the deep -- Colorless -- A catalyst -- A place for the planter class -- Part IV. Some sort of charm -- A magical town -- A not-so magical town -- Making a movement -- Part V. The delta -- From the cotton fields to the football fields -- Fever -- Town on fire -- A self-portrait -- Part VI. Mothers -- A crack in the world -- A specific kind of pain -- A history lesson -- Part VII. The river's Eden -- A place to descend to -- Descendants of master and slave -- Booker's place -- Deconstructing a racist -- Part VIII. A twisted strand -- Quiet years -- A murder story -- Greenwood -- Part IX. Inheritance -- Booker's song -- Remembering
- Control code
- ocn982465118
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xx, 315 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476754949
- Lccn
- 2016055229
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)982465118
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Biography
- Greenwood (Miss.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Mississippi | Greenwood -- Biography
- Murder victims -- Mississippi | Greenwood -- Biography
- Racism -- Mississippi | Greenwood -- History -- 20th century
- Wright, Booker
- Johnson, Yvette -- Family
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
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