Author's memoir of growing up black in the 1930's and 1940's.
Form
Issued also on cassette.
Contents
Disc 1. The store (7:19) -- Uncle Willy and Bailey (7:33) -- Powhitetrash girls (10:02) -- Reverend Taylor and Sister Monroe (10:19) -- Leaving Momma (9:16) -- Life in St. Louis (9:54) -- Mother dear (9:52) -- Mr. Freeman's secret (9:30).
Disc 2. Bailey learns the secret (11:48) -- Graduation and defeat (10:32) -- Valedictory victory (4:11) -- California high school (9:34) -- In a Mexican cantina (9:00) -- The driving lesson (11:06) -- Delores (9:07).
Disc 3. On my own (5:19) -- Junkyard girl (6:54) -- My first job (6:12) -- Breaking the color barrier (8:36) -- The seduction (6:21) -- A blessed event (11:24).
