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035    (OCoLC)973291930 
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050 00 F868.S156|bS67 2018 
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100 1  Soskin, Betty Reid,|d1921-|eauthor. 
245 10 Sign my name to freedom :|ba memoir of a pioneering life /
       |cBetty Reid Soskin ; edited by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor. 
246 30 Memoir of a pioneering life 
250    First edition. 
263    1802 
264  1 Carlsbad, California :|bHay House, Inc.,|c[2018] 
264  4 |c©2018 
300    xvii, 205 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates :|bcolor 
       illustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 0  Prologue -- Creole/Black Cajun New Orleans -- Growing up 
       in pre-war Bay Area -- Marriage and the war years -- Into 
       the lion's den -- Breaking down, breaking up -- The 
       movement years -- An emancipated woman -- Richmond and 
       Rosie and Betty the Ranger -- Shining bright at twilight: 
       lessons of a life long lived -- Epilogue. 
520    "In Betty Reid Soskin’s 96 years of living, she has been a
       witness to a grand sweep of American history. When she was
       born in 1921, the lynching of African-Americans was a 
       national epidemic, blackface minstrel shows were the most 
       popular American form of entertainment, white women had 
       only just won the right to vote, and most African-
       Americans in the Deep South could not vote at all. From 
       her great-grandmother, who had been enslaved until her mid
       -20s, Betty heard stories of slavery and the times of 
       terror and struggle for black folk that followed. In her 
       lifetime, Betty has watched the nation begin to confront 
       its race and gender biases when forced to come together in
       the World War II era; seen our differences nearly break us
       apart again in the upheavals of the civil rights and Black
       Power eras; and, finally, lived long enough to witness 
       both the election of an African-American president and the
       re-emergence of a militant, racist far right. Blending 
       together selections from many of Betty’s hundreds of blog 
       entries with interviews, letters, and speeches, Sign My 
       Name to Freedom invites you along on that journey, through
       the words and thoughts of a national treasure who has 
       never stopped looking at herself, the nation, or the world
       with fresh eyes"--|cAdapted from book jacket. 
600 10 Soskin, Betty Reid,|d1921- 
610 20 Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National 
       Historical Park (Agency : U.S.)|xOfficials and employees
       |vBiography. 
650  0 African American women|zCalifornia|zEast Bay|vBiography. 
650  0 Women political activists|zCalifornia|zEast Bay
       |vBiography. 
650  0 African Americans|zCalifornia|zEast Bay|xSocial conditions
       |y20th century. 
650  0 College teachers' spouses|zCalifornia|zBerkeley
       |vBiography. 
650  0 Creoles|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional.
       |2bisacsh 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY / African American.|2bisacsh 
650  7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American 
       Studies.|2bisacsh 
651  0 East Bay (Calif.)|xPolitics and government|y20th century. 
651  0 San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)|xSocial life and customs
       |y20th century. 
651  0 East Bay (Calif.)|vBiography. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
700 1  Allen-Taylor, J. Douglas,|eeditor. 
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