What you don't know will make a whole new world : a memoir / Dorothy Lazard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lazard, Dorothy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women librarians--United States--Biography.

African American women librarians.

Public historians--California--Oakland--Biography.

Public historians.

Lazard, Dorothy.

Oakland Public Library (Calif.).

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

What you do not know will make a whole new world

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2023]

Summary:

Dorothy Lazard grew up in the Bay Area of the 1960s and '70s, surrounded by an expansive network of family, and hungry for knowledge. Here in her first book, she vividly tells the story of her journey to becoming "queen of my own nerdy domain." Today Lazard is celebrated for her distinguished career as a librarian and public historian, and in these pages she connects her early intellectual pursuits--including a formative encounter with Alex Haley--to the career that made her a community pillar. As she traces her trajectory to adulthood, she also explores her personal experiences connected to the Summer of Love, the murder of Emmett Till, the flourishing of the Black Arts Movement, and the redevelopment of Oakland. As she writes with honesty about the tragedies she faced in her youth--including the loss of both parents--Lazard's memoir remains triumphant, animated by curiosity, careful reflection, and deep enthusiasm for life.

ISBN:

9781597146081

1597146080

OCLC:

1338197212

Publisher Number:

99994078530