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It's good to be Black

Goodwin, Ruby Berkley.

It's good to be Black [electronic resource] / Ruby Berkley Goodwin. - Sixtieth-anniversary edition. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (vi, 257 pages )

Forewords to the sixtieth-anniversary edition / Beverly J. Goodwin, Stephanie G. Goodwin, Carmen K. Wadley, and Leah B. Goodwin -- Du Quoin, Illinois -- As a fruitful vine -- Cousin Frankie -- The Black man's strength -- Before our time -- Sunday morning -- We become a race of champions -- When the black spider crawled -- We witness a hanging -- And may the best man win -- Carnival time -- Echoes of Algiers -- I've never seen "Uncle Tom's Cabin" -- The stranger within our gates -- We attend a baptizing -- Strike! -- Miracle on Smoke Row -- Balancing the score -- Living is fun -- A bishop visits our city -- Davis' mine goes on a rampage -- Dad converts a socialist--almost -- Our pioneers in race relations -- The ugly mask of fear -- Black and powerful.

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Goodwin, Ruby Berkley--Childhood and youth.


African Americans--Illinois--Du Quoin--Biography.
African American girls--Illinois--Du Quoin--Biography.


Du Quoin (Ill.)--Race relations.
Du Quoin (Ill.)--Social life and customs.
Du Quoin (Ill.)--Biography.


Electronic books.

F549.D8 / G66 2013

305.896/073077393