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Author Goodwin, Ruby Berkley, author.

Title It's good to be Black / Ruby Berkley Goodwin.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013.
©1953

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Edition Sixtieth-anniversary edition.
Description 1 online resource (vi, 257 pages)
Contents Forewords to the sixtieth-anniversary edition / Beverly J. Goodwin, Stephanie G. Goodwin, Carmen K. Wadley, and Leah B. Goodwin -- Du Quoin, Illinois -- As a fruitful vine -- Cousin Frankie -- The Black man's strength -- Before our time -- Sunday morning -- We become a race of champions -- When the black spider crawled -- We witness a hanging -- And may the best man win -- Carnival time -- Echoes of Algiers -- I've never seen "Uncle Tom's Cabin" -- The stranger within our gates -- We attend a baptizing -- Strike! -- Miracle on Smoke Row -- Balancing the score -- Living is fun -- A bishop visits our city -- Davis' mine goes on a rampage -- Dad converts a socialist -- almost -- Our pioneers in race relations -- The ugly mask of fear -- Black and powerful.
Note Print version record.
Summary From the preface by Carmen Kenya Wadley: "Is it good to be black? To Ruby Berkley Goodwin it was ... The black she writes about has nothing to do with skin color, but it does have a great deal to do with self images, values, spiritual strength, and most of all love. Unlike the contradicting definitions of blackness we see reflected in today's crime statistics, movies, television, newspapers, political speeches, advertisements, and sociological reports, Ruby Berkley Goodwin's definition of blackness is simple and to the point: black is good. It's Good to be Black is more than t.
Subject Goodwin, Ruby Berkley -- Childhood and youth.
Goodwin, Ruby Berkley.
African American girls -- Illinois -- Du Quoin -- Biography.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Du Quoin -- Biography.
Du Quoin (Ill.) -- Biography.
Du Quoin (Ill.) -- Social life and customs.
Du Quoin (Ill.) -- Race relations.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
Other Form: Print version: Goodwin, Ruby Berkley. It's good to be Black. Sixtieth-anniversary edition 9780809331222 (DLC) 2012036223 (OCoLC)754713653
ISBN 0809331233 (electronic bk.)
9780809331239 (electronic bk.)
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