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Author Sellers, Bakari, 1984- author.

Title My vanishing country : a memoir / Bakari Sellers.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. SELLERS, B.    Storage
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO SELLERS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY SELLERS    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B SELLERS BAKARI    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B SELLERS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO SELLERS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B SELLERS, BAKARI    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  328.7309 SELLERS    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-SELLERS SEL    Missing
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 SELLERS, BAK    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 226 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Black, country, and proud -- The wounds have not healed: "don't be a dead hero" -- Black and forgotten -- School daze: the making of a Morehouse man -- The making of a politician, part 1 -- The making of a politician, part 2 -- Dreaming with my eyes open: becoming a leader -- Risk taking -- Anxiety: a black man's superpower -- A voice for the voiceless -- Why are the strongest women in the world dying? -- Why 2016 happened and the power of rhetoric.
Summary "An eye-opening odyssey through the South's past, present, and future that is a moving and gripping tribute to America's forgotten rural working-class black folks. The small town of Denmark was once a thriving hub of South Carolina's idyllic Low Country. Yet today, this majority African-American town with a population of 3,500 is emblematic of the "Forgotten South"--Small communities of color stretching from Appalachia to the Sunbelt. For CNN political analyst Bakari Sellers, Denmark is "home" -- the land on which his forefathers toiled to build lives of meaning and substance, despite systemic racism and Jim Crow laws. In My Vanishing Country, he illuminates the pride and pain that continue to fertilize the soil of one of the poorest states in the nation and the forces threatening rural working-class black life. As he eloquently and powerfully argues, places like Denmark are worth saving; its people -- and their hopes and dreams -- matter because they are an indelible part of America. Since the 2016 election, politicians and the media have focused on the struggles of the white working class while consistently overlooking the residents of Denmark. In this atmospheric, rich, and poetic book, Sellers shines a light on life in today's rural South, where Americans still struggle for the basics of modern life: internet access, groceries, medical care, and clean water. Part memoir, part historical and cultural analysis, My Vanishing Country is a compelling read that captures the remarkable spirit and resilience of one small town and makes visible other "forgotten" communities. My Vanishing Country charts Seller's extraordinary journey -- from growing up the son of civil rights icon Cleveland Sellers to building on his father's achievements as the youngest person to serve in the South Carolina legislature, to his work today at CNN, and to his life as the father of twins he hopes will embrace the Sellers family name and carry on its legacy." -- Jacket.
The small town of Denmark was once a thriving hub of South Carolina's idyllic Low Country. Today, this majority African-American town with a population of 3,500 is emblematic of the "Forgotten South." For Sellers, Denmark is the land on which his forefathers toiled to build lives of meaning and substance, despite systemic racism and Jim Crow laws. He shines a light on life in today's rural South, where Americans still struggle for the basics of modern life: internet access, groceries, medical care, and clean water. -- adapted from jacket
Subject Sellers, Bakari, 1984-
African American legislators -- South Carolina -- Biography.
Legislators -- South Carolina -- Biography.
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives -- Biography.
Rural African Americans -- South Carolina -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Racism -- South Carolina -- History -- 21st century.
Denmark (S.C.) -- Biography.
South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. (OCoLC)fst00520118
African American legislators. (OCoLC)fst00799220
Legislators. (OCoLC)fst00995828
Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
South Carolina. (OCoLC)fst01204600
South Carolina -- Denmark. (OCoLC)fst01222315
African American legislators -- Biography.
Legislators -- Biography.
Chronological Term 1900-2099
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780062917454 (hardcover)
0062917455 (hardcover)
9780062917461 (paperback)
0062917463 (paperback)
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