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Ahead of her time in yesteryear : Geraldine Pierce Zimmerman comes of age in a Southern African American family /

Born into a relatively privileged family, Geraldyne Pierce Zimmerman earned a reputation as a maverick in her lifelong home of Orangeburg, South Carolina, a semirural community where race and class were very much governed by the Jim Crow laws. Educated at Nashville & rsquo;s Fisk University, Zim...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mack-Williams, Kibibi, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue; Chapter 1. Ancestors: The Pierces and Tatnalls, 1860s-1910; Chapter 2. Jello: The Girl, 1910-1929; Chapter 3. Gerry: The Young Adult, 1929-1933; Chapter 4. Gerry: The Mother, 1933-1960s; Conclusion; Epilogue: Mrs. Z: Lady Maverick, 1960s-2010; Appendix. Population Statistics: South Carolina and Orangeburg; Tatnall-Pierce-Zimmerman Family Tree; Notes; Bibliography; Index.