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Author:

Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.

Title:

Loretta Little looks back : three voices go tell it! : a monologue novel / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Authors:

Pinkney, J. Brian, author.

Summary:

Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.
Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B., members of the Little family, each present the vivid story of their young lives, spanning three generations. Their separate stories -- beginning in a cotton field in 1927 and ending at the presidential election of 1968 -- come together to create one unforgettable journey. Through an evocative mix of fictional first-person narratives, spoken-word poems, folk myths, gospel rhythms and blues influences, Loretta Little Looks Back weaves an immersive tapestry that illuminates the dignity of sharecroppers in the rural South. Inspired by storytelling's oral tradition, stirring vignettes are presented in a series of theatrical monologues that paint a gripping, multidimensional portrait of America's struggle for civil rights as seen through the eyes of the children who lived it. The novel's unique format invites us to walk in their shoes. Each encounters an unexpected mystical gift, passed down from one family member to the next, that ignites their experience what it means to reach for freedom.

ISBN:

0316536776
9780316536776

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1141967543

LCCN:

2020005755

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