A sense of humor helps : the memoir of Portia Yvonne Trenholm /
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| Author / Creator: | Trenholm, Portia Yvonne. |
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| Edition: | [Slightly rev.] |
| Imprint: | Southfield, Mich. : Equity Press, c2009. |
| Description: | 348 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7916590 |
| Summary: | Life in the South before the 1964 Civil Rights Act; Life in the United States thereafter. This book is an autobiography of an African American lawyer, teacher, college professor and administrator and writer who is the daughter of a college president in the south; describes racial discrimination in Alabama during the period 1932 -1951 and discrimination in the author's career activities in the United States thereafter; paints a vivid picture of a middle class African American family in the South during the 1930s through 1950s; describes the author's ancestors - educators in Alabama from the early 1900s through 1962 educated at The University of Chicago; life on the Alabama State University campus before integration; work as a Fortune 500 attorney; discrimination in the legal profession in the United States; and affirmative action in actuality. |
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| Item Description: | 2nd printing; July 2009 had revisions made to the printing per conversation with the author. |
| Physical Description: | 348 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-348) |
| ISBN: | 9781441471635 1441471634 |
