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Passing for Black : The Life and Careers of Mae Street Kidd / [edited by] Wade Hall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kidd, Mae Street, 1904-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Kentucky--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African American women legislators--Kentucky--Biography.
- African American women legislators.
- Multiracial women--Kentucky--Biography.
- Multiracial women.
- Louisville (Ky.)--Biography.
- Louisville (Ky.).
- Kentucky--Race relations.
- Kentucky.
- Kentucky. General Assembly--Biography.
- Kidd, Mae Street, 1904-.
- Kidd, Mae Street.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1976, Kentucky state legislator Mae Street Kidd successfully sponsored a resolution ratifying the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It was fitting that a black woman should initiate the state's formal repudiation of slavery; that it was Mrs. Kidd was all the more appropriate. Born in Millersburg, Kentucky, in 1904 to a black mother and a white father, Kidd grew up to be a striking woman with fair skin and light hair. Sometimes accused of trying to pass for white in a segregated society, Kidd felt that she was doing the opposite -- choosing to assert her black identit
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; A Visit to Millersburg; Introducing Mae Street Kidd; Growing up in Millersburg; Surviving and Thriving in Louisville; My Two Husbands; The House and Street Where I Live; Service Abroad; My Life in Politics; Lives of Service; Today's Problems, Tomorrow's Solutions; Living in the Nineties; Passing for Black; Last Words; Epilogue; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-0948-5
- 0-8131-3185-5
- 0-8131-4891-X
- 0-8131-7021-4
- OCLC:
- 906920467
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