Multicolored Memories of a Black Southern Girl.
Oliver, Kitty, 1947-
Multicolored Memories of a Black Southern Girl. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2001. - 1 online resource (184 pages). - Women in Southern Culture . - Women in Southern culture. .
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; PART ONE; Migrations; Mama Says; Menfolks Matters; Leavings of Home; Tribal Wars; Double Vision; PART TWO; Jambalaya; Seeing Black and White and Colors; Cousins; Zoraville; Second Comings of Age; Hegiras.
A telling memoir by an exciting new voice, Multicolored Memories of a Black Southern Girl explores journalist Kitty Oliver's coming of age as she makes the crossing from an all-black to a predominantly white world. Born and raised in an all-black area of Jacksonville, Florida, Oliver was one of the first African American freshmen to enter the University of Florida. Though she chronicles the strains of her transition from Jim Crow to desegregation, this book is much more than a memoir of the turbulent sixties. It is an upbeat journal of self-discovery in the aftermath of that decade, a look at.
9780813147581 (electronic bk.) 0813147581 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper)
22573/ctt1299wgk JSTOR
Oliver, Kitty, 1947- --Childhood and youth.
Oliver, Kitty, 1947- --Family.
Oliver, Kitty, 1947-
1900-1999
African American women--Florida--Jacksonville--Biography.
African Americans--Florida--Jacksonville--Biography.
African American women journalists--Biography.
African Americans--Social conditions--Florida--20th century.
African Americans--Social life and customs--Florida--20th century.
Cultural pluralism--Florida.
Noires américaines--Floride--Jacksonville--Biographies.
Noirs américains--Floride--Jacksonville--Biographies.
Femmes journalistes noires américaines--Biographies.
Noirs américains--Conditions sociales--Floride--20e siècle.
Noirs américains--Mœurs et coutumes--Floride--20e siècle.
Diversité culturelle--Floride.
HISTORY--State & Local--South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)--United States
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Women.
African American women.
African American women journalists.
African Americans.
African Americans--Social conditions.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
Cultural pluralism.
Families.
Race relations.
Jacksonville (Fla.)--Biography.
Jacksonville (Fla.)--Race relations.
Florida.
Florida--Jacksonville.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
F319.J1
975.9/12063/092
Multicolored Memories of a Black Southern Girl. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2001. - 1 online resource (184 pages). - Women in Southern Culture . - Women in Southern culture. .
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; PART ONE; Migrations; Mama Says; Menfolks Matters; Leavings of Home; Tribal Wars; Double Vision; PART TWO; Jambalaya; Seeing Black and White and Colors; Cousins; Zoraville; Second Comings of Age; Hegiras.
A telling memoir by an exciting new voice, Multicolored Memories of a Black Southern Girl explores journalist Kitty Oliver's coming of age as she makes the crossing from an all-black to a predominantly white world. Born and raised in an all-black area of Jacksonville, Florida, Oliver was one of the first African American freshmen to enter the University of Florida. Though she chronicles the strains of her transition from Jim Crow to desegregation, this book is much more than a memoir of the turbulent sixties. It is an upbeat journal of self-discovery in the aftermath of that decade, a look at.
9780813147581 (electronic bk.) 0813147581 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper)
22573/ctt1299wgk JSTOR
Oliver, Kitty, 1947- --Childhood and youth.
Oliver, Kitty, 1947- --Family.
Oliver, Kitty, 1947-
1900-1999
African American women--Florida--Jacksonville--Biography.
African Americans--Florida--Jacksonville--Biography.
African American women journalists--Biography.
African Americans--Social conditions--Florida--20th century.
African Americans--Social life and customs--Florida--20th century.
Cultural pluralism--Florida.
Noires américaines--Floride--Jacksonville--Biographies.
Noirs américains--Floride--Jacksonville--Biographies.
Femmes journalistes noires américaines--Biographies.
Noirs américains--Conditions sociales--Floride--20e siècle.
Noirs américains--Mœurs et coutumes--Floride--20e siècle.
Diversité culturelle--Floride.
HISTORY--State & Local--South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)--United States
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Women.
African American women.
African American women journalists.
African Americans.
African Americans--Social conditions.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
Cultural pluralism.
Families.
Race relations.
Jacksonville (Fla.)--Biography.
Jacksonville (Fla.)--Race relations.
Florida.
Florida--Jacksonville.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
F319.J1
975.9/12063/092