He included me : the autobiography of Sarah Rice / transcribed and edited by Louise Westling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rice, Sarah, 1909-

Contributor:

Westling, Louise Hutchings.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rice, Sarah, 1909-.

Rice, Sarah.

African Americans--Alabama--Biography.

African Americans.

African Americans--Florida--Biography.

African Americans--Southern States--Social life and customs.

Alabama--Biography.

Alabama.

Florida--Biography.

Florida.

Southern States--Social life and customs--1865-.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The dramatic and colorful autobiography of a Black woman born in 1909 in rural Alabama. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, He Included Me weaves together the story of a black family-eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister-and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead. Sarah Rice recalls her mother's hymn of thanks-"He Include Me"-when God showed her a way to feed her family, and hears again her mother's quiet words, "It's no disgrace to work. It's an honor to make an honest dollar, " spoken when her children were embarrassed that she took in white people's laundry. Rice speaks, finally, of the determination, faith, and pride that carried her through life. In a document that spans more than three-quarters of the twentieth century, He Included Me presents the voice of a single woman whose life was rich in complexity, deep in suffering and joy; yet it also speaks for the many black women who have worked and struggled in the rural South and always looked ahead. "In the oral tradition of Theodore Rosengarten's All God's Dangers ...It's a moving story that reveals a hidden corner of American life."- New York Times "Viewing her life with a sharp intelligence, always frank, compassionate, and informed by a deep religious faith, Rice offers an autobiography that often reads with the narrative sweep of a novel."- Library Journal "A unique contribution to a growing history of African American women."- Atlanta History

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Chronology

ONE: Early Days in Clio and Birmingham (1909-1917)

TWO: Life in the Batesville Neighborhood (1917-1920)

THREE: Life on the Pat Brannon Place (1921-1925)

FOUR: Teaching Career and Marriage (1925-1929)

FIVE: Hard Times and Florida Debut (1929-1933)

SIX: Settling in Jacksonville (1937-1943)

SEVEN: Home on Castellano (1947-1956)

EIGHT: Get Up and Live! (1956- ).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786613586803

9781280491573

1280491574

9780820343563

0820343560

OCLC:

784965021