It's good to be BlackRuby Berkley Goodwin.

Goodwin, Ruby Berkley.

It's good to be BlackRuby Berkley Goodwin. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Forewords to the sixtieth-anniversary edition / Du Quoin, Illinois -- As a fruitful vine -- Cousin Frankie -- The Black man's strength -- Before our time -- Sunday morning -- We become a race of champions -- When the black spider crawled -- We witness a hanging -- And may the best man win -- Carnival time -- Echoes of Algiers -- I've never seen "Uncle Tom's Cabin" -- The stranger within our gates -- We attend a baptizing -- Strike! -- Miracle on Smoke Row -- Balancing the score -- Living is fun -- A bishop visits our city -- Davis' mine goes on a rampage -- Dad converts a socialist -- almost -- Our pioneers in race relations -- The ugly mask of fear -- Black and powerful. Beverly J. Goodwin, Stephanie G. Goodwin, Carmen K. Wadley, and Leah B. Goodwin --



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Goodwin, Ruby Berkley--Childhood and youth.


African American girls--Illinois--Du Quoin--Biography.
African Americans--Illinois--Du Quoin--Biography.


Electronic Books.

F549 / .I874 2013