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Tag Archives: sharecroppers
Death of the Black Doll
The Black Doll The sobbing African American girl hurled the black doll onto the ground and started to chop it with a hoe. The broken-hearted child, Mary Robinson, was born in 1943, the daughter of black sharecroppers. She grew up … Continue reading
Posted in African American, Inequality, Injustice, Uncategorized
Tagged African American, black doll, civil rights, history, inferiority, prejudice, racism, resistance, self-hatred, sharecroppers, unions
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Prisoners and Peas
The Values of Her Mother Mary Robinson, an African American woman from Alabama, was 57 years-old when we talked in 2000. I was an oral historian, and my tape recorder ran on a nearby chair. Mary described a terrifying experience … Continue reading
Posted in African American, Distrust, Inequality, Injustice, love. mother, Poverty, poverty, Prisons, Racism, Social Justice, Uncategorized, white Americans
Tagged African Americans, fear, food, goodness, love, mother, poverty, prisoners, sharecroppers, sharing, sheriffs, white Americans
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