Bigmama Didn't Shop At Woolworth's
by Nash, Sunny
Not just because things cost more there than from the hawker who drove through the Candy Hill neighborhood from time to time, but because in the 1950s black shoppers were not very welcome in white Texas towns like Bryan. Sunny Nash was Bigmamma's granddaughter, and through her young eyes she saw not only the indignities and economic hardships her family and friends suffered - unpaved roads, mosquito-infested drainage ditches and outdoor toilets, back stairs to balcony seating in the movies - but also the love and warmth of everyday life in the segregated neighborhood. In the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird, yet more stirring because of its real-life perspective, she tells her story of a time before the civil rights movement of the 1960s with immediacy and poignancy.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Subjects
Biography, African Americans, African American women, Childhood and youth, Segregation, African americans, texas, African americans, segregation, Texas, biographyPeople
Sunny Nash (1949-)Places
Bryan, Texas, Bryan (Tex.)Times
1950s 1960s| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
Bigmama didn't shop at Woolworth's
1996, Texas A&M University Press
in English
- 1st ed.
0890967164 9780890967164
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
First Sentence
"Despite the imagery suggested by the name Candy Hill, in the 1950s there was little that was sweet or playful about the maze of unpaved roads, narrow trails, and mosquito-infested drainage ditches that led to and from the neighborhood's rows of mostly shotgun houses with outdoor toilet."
Edition Notes
Classifications
ID Numbers
Source records
Library of Congress MARC recordBetter World Books record
Promise Item
Internet Archive item record
marc_columbia MARC record
Work Description
Description: Bigmamma Didn't Shop at Woolworth's. Not just because things cost more there than from the hawker who drove through the Candy Hill neighborhood from time to time, but because in the 1950s black shoppers were not very welcome in white Texas towns like Bryan. Sunny Nash was Bigmamma's granddaughter, and through her young eyes she saw not only the indignities and economic hardships her family and friends suffered - unpaved roads, mosquito-infested drainage ditches and outdoor toilets, back stairs to balcony seating in the movies - but also the love and warmth of everyday life in the segregated neighborhood. In the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird, yet more stirring because of its real-life perspective, she tells her story of a time before the civil rights movement of the 1960s with immediacy and poignancy.
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?
| August 4, 2024 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| February 26, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| March 11, 2011 | Edited by Sunny Nash | merge authors |
| August 31, 2010 | Edited by 96.229.240.147 | Edited without comment. |
| December 10, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |