Black Woman's Journey from Cotton Picking to College Professor: Lessons about Race, Class, and Gender in America

Contributor(s): Brock, Rochelle (Editor), Dillard, Cynthia B (Editor), Pratt-Clarke, Menah (Author)

ISBN: 9781433149740

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

Binding Types:

Paperback

$62.25

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$75.2 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$74 (100+ copies: $73.25)

List/retail price:

$62.25

Pub Date: January 4, 2018

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2017036940

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.60" H x 8.90" L x 6.00" W ( 0.88 lbs) 272 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Black Studies and Critical Thinking

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: A Black Woman's Journey follows Mildred Sirls as a young Black girl in rural east Texas in the 1930s who picked cotton to help her family survive, to her adulthood years as Dr. Mildred Pratt who influenced hundreds of students and empowered a community.

Review Quotes: "A Black Woman's Journey from Cotton Picking to College Professor is a wonderful and special journey. I encourage others to explore this amazing life story. I'm sure they will enjoy it as much as I did."-Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor of English, Virginia Tech

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