Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delaney sisters speak their minds in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two sisters who love, laugh, and embrace life after one hundred years of living side by side. Their sharp memories show us the post-Reconstruction of the South and Booker T Washington; Harlem's Golden Age and Langston Hughes, W.E.B. DuBois and Paul Robeson. Bessie breaks barriers to become a dentist; Sadie quietly integrates the New York City school system as a high school teacher. Their important contribution to our nation's heritage an an indelible impression on our lives.
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