"Having Our Say"

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This paper contains a report on the book. It explains how the Delany sisters had remarkable lives and lived through some of the most volatile and yet progressive times in America. They saw the remnants of slavery, the Jim Crow laws, the realization of civil rights during their lifetimes, and much more. The writer shows that their book is a chronicle of what it was like to be black in America, before and after blacks gained their rights. It is also a moving account of strength, character, and style.

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"The Delany sisters are two remarkable members of a remarkable family by any standards, black or white. Their father was born a slave but rose to be the first black elected Episcopal bishop in the country, and the vice president of a leading Southern college. Both the sisters attended college and obtained their degrees, at a time when even white women were not attending college in great numbers. They saw a great deal of American history and recorded it for posterity. Their story is more than a black narrative; it is a history (sometimes shameful) that applies to all Americans."

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