The song and the silence : a story about family, race, and what was revealed in a small town in the Mississippi Delta while searching for Booker Wright
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Johnson, Yvette,
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New York, NY : Atria Books, 2017.
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9781476754949, 1476754942
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LC Subjects
African Americans -- Mississippi -- Greenwood -- Biography.
Biographies.
Greenwood (Miss.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Johnson, Yvette -- Family.
Murder victims -- Mississippi -- Greenwood -- Biography.
Racism -- Mississippi -- Greenwood -- History -- 20th century.
Wright, Booker.

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Published
New York, NY : Atria Books, 2017.
Format
Book
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xx, 315 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781476754949, 1476754942

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"In this...memoir, Yvette Johnson travels to the Mississippi Delta to uncover the true story of her later grandfather, whose extraordinary act of courage changed both their live. "Have to keep that smile, " Booker Wright said in the 1966 NBC documentary Mississippi: A Self-Portrait. At the time, Wright spent his evenings waiting tables for whites at a local restaurant and his mornings running his own business. The ripple effect from his remarks would cement Booker as a civil rights icon because he did the unthinkable: before a national audience, Wright described what life truly was like for the black people of Greenwood, Mississippi"--Dust jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Johnson, Y. (2017). The song and the silence: a story about family, race, and what was revealed in a small town in the Mississippi Delta while searching for Booker Wright (First Atria Books hardcover edition.). Atria Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Johnson, Yvette. 2017. The Song and the Silence: A Story About Family, Race, and What Was Revealed in a Small Town in the Mississippi Delta While Searching for Booker Wright. New York, NY: Atria Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Johnson, Yvette. The Song and the Silence: A Story About Family, Race, and What Was Revealed in a Small Town in the Mississippi Delta While Searching for Booker Wright New York, NY: Atria Books, 2017.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Johnson, Y. (2017). The song and the silence: a story about family, race, and what was revealed in a small town in the mississippi delta while searching for booker wright. First Atria Books hardcover edn. New York, NY: Atria Books.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Johnson, Yvette. The Song and the Silence: A Story About Family, Race, and What Was Revealed in a Small Town in the Mississippi Delta While Searching for Booker Wright First Atria Books hardcover edition., Atria Books, 2017.

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