ePub The Birth of a Nation: Nat Turner and the Making of a Movement by Nate Parker in History

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A series of short stories describing childhood experiences in segregated Little Rock; Arkansas during the 1940's 50's. Lois Watkins was born in Little Rock; Arkansas during the era of segregation. After attending segregated publlic schools for six years; she moved with her family to Los Angeles in the summer of 1957; just before the desegregation of the formerly all-white Central High School. She knew several of the members of the Little Rock Nine; brave students who challenged the segregated education system. Lois has had a very eclectic career. She served as an education specialist for over 500 colleges and universities for the U.S. Department of Education; Region IX; in San Francisco. She was the preview manager and supervisor of subsidiary offices for the third-largest-in-the-world fine arts and antiques auction house; Butterfield and Butterfield. She also served as program manager for the CDC-funded program REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) at the Seattle and King County Public Health Division. But her most rewarding experience has been as a substitute teacher for the Seattle Public School District. She had spent seventeen years trying to write the great American novel when students; upon learning that she lived during segregation; inundated her with questions; asking "What was it like?" She realized that while there are many books describing Civil Rights heroes and events; something was missing: a description of day-to-day events of life during segregation. That's what she's written: a book that answers those questions her students asked. Keywords: Short Stories; Segregation; Childhood Perception Of Race Racism; Black Segregated Community; Segregation Revisionism; Segregation Aberrations; Juvenile Non Fiction