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Dear Denise : Letters to the Sister I Never Knew / Lisa McNair

Project Muse

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press [[2022]], [2022]

(Drucker: Baltimore, Md : Project MUSE [0000])

1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)

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978-0-8173-9416-5 (electronic bk.)

978-0-8173-2135-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-8173-9416-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-8173-2135-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

E185.93.A3

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LOC-SH: McNair, Lisa -- 1964- ; African Americans -- Alabama -- Social conditions -- 20th century ; African American women -- Alabama -- Biography ; Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century

MeSH: Autobiography

Race relations ; African Americans ; Social conditions ; African American women ; Alabama ; History ; Biographies ; Autobiographies ; Autobiographies ; Autobiographies

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Letter 1: The Sister I Never Knew -- Letter 2: Our Baby Sister -- Letter 3: Your Death Left Much Sorrow -- Letter 4: What a Difference a Year Makes -- Letter 5: Our Lineage Is a Strong One -- Letter 6: School Days -- Letter 7: Have Mamma and Daddy Gone Crazy? -- Letter 8: Not So Bad -- Letter 9: Church Life -- Letter 10: Thinking White -- Letter 11: High School Was Painful -- Letter 12: Buried Pain Will Come Up Again -- Letter 13: More Messed-Up Thinking -- Letter 14: The Year of the Debutante -- Letter 15: Bama

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Letter 16: Suicidal Thoughts -- Letter 17: The Family Business -- Letter 18: The Trials -- Letter 19: 4 Little Girls -- Letter 20: Justice -- Letter 21: Tracey -- Letter 22: Reconciliation -- Letter 23: Church Can Be a Painful Place -- Letter 24: White Church -- Letter 25: Unlucky at Love -- Letter 26: I Was the Wrong Color -- Letter 27: Getting Along -- Letter 28: What Does It Mean to Be Called a White Girl? -- Letter 29: Serving All the People -- Letter 30: Daddy's Dilemma -- Letter 31: Dogs Have Always Been My Closest Friends -- Letter 32: Crazy Stuff People Say -- Letter 33: Glory