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Janet C. Bell

The Time and Place That Gave Me Life

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Janet Cheatham Bell's riveting memoir recounts her experiences coming of age as an African American girl in Indianapolis during the 1930s to the mid-1960s. In taut chapters, Bell introduces the reader to a life defined largely by race and racial discrimination. She begins with her birth in 1937 and her parents' early struggles after relocating to Indianapolis from Tennessee. Bell describes her first job as a maid in a wealthy white household and her humiliating experiences at a white high school. She describes experiences of racism at Indiana University and how she copes with personal tragedy that she is able to overcome. Devoid of hyperbole… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-253-01691-1
  • EAN: 9780253016911
  • Produktnummer: 23882997
  • Verlag: Indiana University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
  • Seitenangabe: 336 S.
  • Abbildungen: 53 b&w photos

Über den Autor


Janet Cheatham Bell is a native Hoosier and publishing entrepreneur. A former education consultant for the Indiana Department of Education, Bell has also taught African American literature at a number of colleges and universities. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

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