{"product_id":"proud-shoes-the-story-of-an-american-family-9780807072097","title":"Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1956, \u003ci\u003eProud Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e is the remarkable true story of slavery, survival, and miscegenation in the South from the pre-Civil War era through the Reconstruction. Written by Pauli Murray the legendary civil rights activist and one of the founders of NOW, \u003ci\u003eProud Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the lives of Murray's maternal grandparents. From the birth of her grandmother, Cornelia Smith, daughter of a slave whose beauty incited the master's sons to near murder to the story of her grandfather Robert Fitzgerald, whose free black father married a white woman in 1840, \u003ci\u003eProud Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e offers a revealing glimpse of our nation's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16604968\"\u003ePauli Murray\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807072097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807072095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC001000\"\u003eEthnic Studies | American | African American \u0026amp; Black Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036040\"\u003eUnited States | 19th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC054000\"\u003eSlavery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eReverend Dr. Pauli Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (1910-1985) was a lawyer and civil-rights activist, America's first black woman Episcopalian priest, and a founder of NOW. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Bell-Scott\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of family and child development and women's studies at the University of Georgia. She was founding editor of \u003ci\u003eSAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Women\u003c\/i\u003e and has been a contributing editor to Ms. Magazine. She has published several books, including \u003ci\u003eLife Notes: Personal Writings by Contemporary Black Women, Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFlat-footed Truths: Telling Black Women's Lives\u003c\/i\u003e (with Dr. Juanita Johnson-Bailey).","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44489394258157,"sku":"9780807072097","price":36.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_25fc6efe-f117-4389-9a09-f14a50e4d6be.jpg?v=1700866505","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/proud-shoes-the-story-of-an-american-family-9780807072097","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}