Description |
1 online resource (xix, 168 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue; Chapter 1. Ancestors: The Pierces and Tatnalls, 1860s-1910; Chapter 2. Jello: The Girl, 1910-1929; Chapter 3. Gerry: The Young Adult, 1929-1933; Chapter 4. Gerry: The Mother, 1933-1960s; Conclusion; Epilogue: Mrs. Z: Lady Maverick, 1960s-2010; Appendix. Population Statistics: South Carolina and Orangeburg; Tatnall-Pierce-Zimmerman Family Tree; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Born into a relatively privileged family, Geraldyne Pierce Zimmerman earned a reputation as a maverick in her lifelong home of Orangeburg, South Carolina, a semirural community where race and class were very much governed by the Jim Crow laws. Educated at Nashville & rsquo;s Fisk University, Zimmerman returned to Orangeburg to teach school, serve her community, and champion equal rights for African Americans and women. Kibibi V. Mack-Shelton offers a vivid portrayal of the kind of black family seldom recognized for its role in the development of the African American community after the Civil Wa |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-164) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Zimmerman, Geraldine Pierce, 1911-
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SUBJECT |
Zimmerman, Geraldine Pierce, 1911-
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Zimmerman, Geraldine Pierce, 1911- fast |
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African American women -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- Biography
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- Biography
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Older people -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- Biography
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African Americans -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- Social conditions
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African American families -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg
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African American families -- Case studies
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Intergenerational relations -- United States -- Case studies
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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African American families
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African American women
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African Americans
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Intergenerational relations
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Older people
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Rural conditions
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Orangeburg (S.C.) -- Biography
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Orangeburg (S.C.) -- Rural conditions
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South Carolina -- Orangeburg
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Case studies
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781572337367 |
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1572337362 |
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