Download or read book Another Generation Almost Forgotten written by Jefferson Wiggins and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003-07-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principle that no child should be left behind is now codified in the laws of the United States, but Jefferson Wiggins grew up in a different United States, under a very different set of laws. From the night the Ku Klux Klan came to hang his father to the afternoon he received an honorary doctorate in recognition of his lifes work, Jeffs memoir is a story of human triumph over adversity, a story of individuals who can and do make a difference in the lives of others. Most of all, his memoir reminds us of the extraordinary stories that often lie below the surface of seemingly ordinary lives. No reader can help but be moved to tears by this compelling, inspirational work.
Download or read book Another Generation Almost Forgotten written by Jefferson Wiggins and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003-07-16 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principle that no child should be left behind is now codified in the laws of the United States, but Jefferson Wiggins grew up in a different United States, under a very different set of laws. From the night the Ku Klux Klan came to hang his father to the afternoon he received an honorary doctorate in recognition of his life's work, Jeff's memoir is a story of human triumph over adversity, a story of individuals who can and do make a difference in the lives of others. Most of all, his memoir reminds us of the extraordinary stories that often lie below the surface of seemingly ordinary lives. No reader can help but be moved to tears by this compelling, inspirational work.
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Download or read book Dutch Children of African American Liberators written by Mieke Kirkels and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Netherlands, a small group of biracial citizens has entered its eighth decade of lives that have been often puzzling and difficult, but which offer a unique insight into the history of race relations in America. Though their African American fathers had brought liberation from Nazi tyranny at the end of World War II, they were in a segregated American military derived from a racially divided American society. Decades later, some of their children could finally know of a father's identity and the life he had led after the war. Just one would be able to find an embrace in his arms, and just one would arrive at her father's American grave after 73 years. But they could now understand their own Dutch lives in the context of their fathers' lives in America.
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Download or read book The Forgotten Generation written by Lisa L. Ossian and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2011-05-23 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the effect of the challenges of World War II on American children and teenagers.
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