That's the Way It Was: Stories of Struggle, Survival and Self-Respect in Twentieth-Century Black St. Louis

Segregation was a way of life in St. Louis, aptly called the most southern city in the North. These thirteen oral histories describe the daily struggle that pervasive racism demanded but also share the tradition of self-respect that the African American community of St. Louis sought to build on its own terms.

Author: Vida 'Sister' Goldman Prince
Publisher: History Press
Published: 02/05/2013
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.55w x 0.68d
ISBN13: 9781609499709
ISBN10: 1609499700
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO
- Biography & Autobiography | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies