Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights
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ISBN: 0345447336 / Publisher: One World/Ballantine, January 2003
In alternating chapters that reflect the perspectives of two generations of women, a mother and daughter describe their commitment to the struggle for civil rights, from the height of the civil rights era to the present.
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Patricia Stephens Due fought for justice during the height of the Civil Rights era, surrendering her very freedom to ensure that the rights of others might someday be protected. Her daughter Tananarive grew up deeply enmeshed in the values of a family committed to making right whatever they saw as wrong. Together, they have written a paean to the movement - its struggles, its nameless foot soldiers, and its achievements - and an incisive examination of the future of justice in this country. Their mother-daughter journey spanning the struggles of two generations is an unforgettable story.
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