Description:
Winner of the Anne B. and James B. McMillan prize
Children of the Struggle and the Ancestors Who Stayed captures the voices of the Tuskegee Institute High School Class of 1964--young freedom fighters shaped by segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, their ancestors' and some of their choices to remain in the South. Their stories honor the legacy of those who stayed and transformed their communities through education, activism, and resilience.
Review Quotes:
"Children of the Struggle and the Ancestors Who Stayed is engaging, surprising, and informative. These narratives of triumph can serve as inspiration to any reader who is committed to bringing about change in the face of injustice." --Trudier Harris, author of From Mammies to Militants: Domestics in Black American Literature from Charles Chesnutt to Toni Morrison
"This book is a significant contribution and necessary correction to archives of the history of Tuskegee University and to the community that grew around and with it." --Frances Smith Foster, author of Til Death or Distance Do Us Part: Love and Marriage in African America