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Author:

Eubanks, W. Ralph, 1957-

Title:

The house at the end of the road : the story of three generations of an interracial family in the American South / W. Ralph Eubanks.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Smithsonian Books,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Racially mixed people--Alabama.
Richardson, Jim--(James Morgan)
Richardson, Edna Howell.
Richardson family.
Interracial marriage--Alabama--20th century.
Alabama--Race relations--20th century.
Alabama--History--20th century.
Interracial marriage--Alabama--20th century--Biography.
Racially mixed people--Alabama--Biography.
Alabama--Race relations--20th century--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-200).

Contents:

Prestwick. The world as they found it ; Jim Richardson ; Edna Howell ; With eyes open and shut ; Out from the shadows -- Reaching across the chasm. A beautiful, needful thing ; Parallel lives, separate legacies ; A world lost -- Transcendence. Transcending ambiguity ; Moving beyond the myth ; The next generation ; New moon over Alabama.

Summary:

Relates the story of the author's grandparents, an interracial couple in early twentieth-century Alabama who were able to build a strong family and establish a unique cultural and racial identity in spite of Jim Crow laws.

ISBN:

006137573X
9780061375736

OCLC:

(OCoLC)262886288

LCCN:

2009483672

Locations:

WCPC115 -- Alta Community Library (Alta)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

JBPC145 -- Coon Rapids Public Library (Coon Rapids)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)