On the beat of truth a hearing daughter's stories of her black deaf parents /

Brown, Maxine Childress.

On the beat of truth a hearing daughter's stories of her black deaf parents / Maxine Childress Brown. - Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xxvi, 286 pages :) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

On the Beat of Truth; Contents; Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Brown and Childress Family Trees; 1. A Policeman Comes A-Knockin'; 2. Herbert Andrew Childress; 3. Annie Dublin Nero and Martha Nero Brown; 4. Thomasina Brown; 5. Maxine; 6. Becoming Aware of Things, Part I; 7. Silent Herbert; 8. Becoming Aware of Things, Part II; 9. Social Club and Church; 10. Summer with Grandma; 11. From Chocolates to Fresh Goat and Pig Meat; 12. Crossword Pruzzles and Pearl Bailey; 13. The Bench; 14. Becoming Aware of Things, Part III; 15. The Notebook; 16. From Happiness to Misery; 17. Asbury Park 18. When Tempers Flare19. Theodore Beamon; 20. Let It Go; Epilogue



9781563685538


Brown, Maxine Childress--Family.
Brown, Maxine Childress.


African Americans with disabilities--Biography.
Children of deaf parents--United States--Biography.
Deaf parents--United States--Biography.


Electronic Books.

HV2534 / .O584 2013