Multicolored Memories of a Black Southern Girl by Kitty Oliver
A telling memoir by an exciting new voice, Multicolored Memories of a Black Southern Girl explores journalist Kitty Oliver's coming of age as she makes the crossing from an all-black to a predominantly white world. Born and raised in an all-black area of Jacksonville, Florida, Oliver was one of the first African American freshmen to enter the University of Florida. Though she chronicles the strains of her transition from Jim Crow to desegregation, this book is much more than a memoir of the turbulent sixties. It is an upbeat journal of self-discovery in the aftermath of that decade, a look at one woman's coming to terms with living an integrated life in America. With humor, poignancy, and lyrical language (reminiscent at times of another Florida writer, Zora Neale Hurston), Oliver shares her passage from the "old world" to the new -- an immigrant's journey indicative of the American experience. Blending past and present, she searches for roots from the Gullah or "Geechee" culture of South Carolina to the urban streets of northern Florida to the multicultural mix of South Florida's diverse ethnic cultures, serving up family stories with large helpings of southern "folktalk," food, and music along the way.
Oliver, Kitty: - In Race and Change in Hollywood, Florida, veteran South Florida journalist and oral historian Kitty Oliver has compiled the fascinating stories and anecdotes of Hollywood residents, people who have documented the region's history in their hearts and minds. Illustrated with photographs from local archives, historical societies, and the family albums of community members, this engaging volume addresses the issue of race in a single town, and in doing so, encourages the continuing discussion of race in our collective American past.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780813190914 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813190916 |
| Title | Multicolored Memories of a Black Southern Girl |
| Author | Kitty Oliver |
| Series | Women In Southern Culture Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University Press of Kentucky |
| Year published | 2004-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 184 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |