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    Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
    ISBN-10
    0809331225
    Publication Name
    Southern Illinois University Press
    Type
    Paperback
    ISBN
    9780809331222
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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Southern Illinois University Press
    ISBN-10
    0809331225
    ISBN-13
    9780809331222
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    110948882

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    It's Good to Be Black
    Number of Pages
    264 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Year
    2013
    Topic
    Personal Memoirs, General, Black Studies (Global), Historical
    Genre
    Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
    Author
    Ruby Berkley Goodwin
    Book Series
    Illinois Lives Ser.
    Format
    Trade Paperback

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    0.7 in
    Item Weight
    9.8 Oz
    Item Length
    7.9 in
    Item Width
    4.8 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    2012-036223
    Dewey Edition
    23
    Reviews
    "The author writes simply, of simpler times. Hers is an account of family and community life in Du Quoin, a coal-mining town of southern Illinois, where, as a child, she enjoyed life. Fun and love were predominant in her large family. Wise parents helped her through otherwise traumatic incidents which she and others occasionally experienced as blacks… Ruby Berkley Goodwin sees the underlying strength and dignity of the blacks who formed a real commu­nity. She writes of her experiences without affectation and with humor." -Kliatt Paperback Book Guide "Episodes in the childhood of Ruby Berkley speak of the proud, just and generous family of Negroes living in Southern Illinois before the First World War. Since Dad was a coal miner, there is plenty of drama and pathos. But the great thing here is the family's tolerance of their polyglot neighbors who are also their friends."- Library Journal "This is a record, in retrospect, of course, of what life was like for a Negro family in DuQuoin, Ill., a mining town. Part of the book's fascination lies in the background material-the mines with their explosions, cave-ins, strikes, and lockouts. The rest of the fascination stems from the character of the father of this family-Braxton Berkley."- New York Herald Tribune Book Review, "The author writes simply, of simpler times. Hers is an account of family and community life in Du Quoin, a coal-mining town of southern Illinois, where, as a child, she enjoyed life. Fun and love were predominant in her large family. Wise parents helped her through otherwise traumatic incidents which she and others occasionally experienced as blacks... Ruby Berkley Goodwin sees the underlying strength and dignity of the blacks who formed a real commu­nity. She writes of her experiences without affectation and with humor." --Kliatt Paperback Book Guide "Episodes in the childhood of Ruby Berkley speak of the proud, just and generous family of Negroes living in Southern Illinois before the First World War. Since Dad was a coal miner, there is plenty of drama and pathos. But the great thing here is the family's tolerance of their polyglot neighbors who are also their friends."-- Library Journal "This is a record, in retrospect, of course, of what life was like for a Negro family in DuQuoin, Ill., a mining town. Part of the book's fascination lies in the background material--the mines with their explosions, cave-ins, strikes, and lockouts. The rest of the fascination stems from the character of the father of this family--Braxton Berkley."-- New York Herald Tribune Book Review, "The author writes simply, of simpler times. Hers is an account of family and community life in Du Quoin, a coal-mining town of southern Illinois, where, as a child, she enjoyed life. Fun and love were predominant in her large family. Wise parents helped her through otherwise traumatic incidents which she and others occasionally experienced as blacks... Ruby Berkley Goodwin sees the underlying strength and dignity of the blacks who formed a real community. She writes of her experiences without affectation and with humor." --Kliatt Paperback Book Guide "Episodes in the childhood of Ruby Berkley speak of the proud, just and generous family of Negroes living in Southern Illinois before the First World War. Since Dad was a coal miner, there is plenty of drama and pathos. But the great thing here is the family's tolerance of their polyglot neighbors who are also their friends."-- Library Journal "This is a record, in retrospect, of course, of what life was like for a Negro family in DuQuoin, Ill., a mining town. Part of the book's fascination lies in the background material--the mines with their explosions, cave-ins, strikes, and lockouts. The rest of the fascination stems from the character of the father of this family--Braxton Berkley."-- New York Herald Tribune Book Review, "The author writes simply, of simpler times. Hers is an account of family and community life in Du Quoin, a coal-mining town of southern Illinois, where, as a child, she enjoyed life. Fun and love were predominant in her large family. Wise parents helped her through otherwise traumatic incidents which she and others occasionally experienced as blacks… Ruby Berkley Goodwin sees the underlying strength and dignity of the blacks who formed a real community. She writes of her experiences without affectation and with humor." -Kliatt Paperback Book Guide "Episodes in the childhood of Ruby Berkley speak of the proud, just and generous family of Negroes living in Southern Illinois before the First World War. Since Dad was a coal miner, there is plenty of drama and pathos. But the great thing here is the family's tolerance of their polyglot neighbors who are also their friends."- Library Journal "This is a record, in retrospect, of course, of what life was like for a Negro family in DuQuoin, Ill., a mining town. Part of the book's fascination lies in the background material-the mines with their explosions, cave-ins, strikes, and lockouts. The rest of the fascination stems from the character of the father of this family-Braxton Berkley."- New York Herald Tribune Book Review
    Dewey Decimal
    325.260973 301.451*
    Synopsis
    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 the story (history) of a black family living in Du Quoin, Illinois, during the early 1900s; it is a reaffirmation for all of us who know in our hearts that there is still good in the world and that some of that good is black.", "This is a record, in retrospect, of course, of what life was like for a Negro family in DuQuoin, Ill., a mining town. Part of the book's fascination lies in the background material-the mines with their explosions, cave-ins, strikes, and lockouts. The rest of the fascination stems from the character of the father of this family-Braxton Berkley." New York Herald Tribune Book Review
    LC Classification Number
    F549.D8G66 2013

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