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Experiences in the southwest: the sharecropper's son / by Smith, Samuel,author.(CARDINAL)769888;
This book portrays the vulnerability of professional education and the rewards of exhilaration when students are enthralled with and comprehend the learning process. In the book the author discloses examples of what techniques he implements in the classroom, in order to promote meaningful learning experiences and creative thinking for students.
Subjects: Biographies.; Children of sharecroppers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A way of life / by Woodard, Merlon Patrick.;
"My life has been an exciting journey. Born in the Great Depression and being raised up on a Sharecropper's farm in Johnston County, North Carolina, I can remember how poor everybody was. As time and years past me by, I can look back into those years. Now I was a young adult. I could see my future, so I made up my mind that there was a better way of life for me. I have been cautioned not to fall into a trap where I could not get out. The more I looked back at the past, the more I stride to become somebody that I could be proud of. In those early years I became a hard worker with a good mind to go with it. I determined that someday there would be a better life. I must not let it slip by. Now is the time to prove to myself what the future holds for me. It is what I do right that will make the difference. -- Back cover." -- Back cover.
Subjects: Biographies.; Woodard, Merlon Patrick; Children of sharecroppers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The sharecropper's son / by Smith, Samuel,author.(CARDINAL)769888; Smith, Samuel,1943- ;,author.(local)tlcaut1488094599138000; Church of God in Christ(CARDINAL)809979;
Subjects: Biographies.; Children of sharecroppers; Undertakers and undertaking; Clergy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Searching for home / by Haynes, Rose M.,1934-(CARDINAL)405319; Johnson, Robert.Follow that trail.; Johnson, Janet.Love story.; Johnson, Riley.Searching for home, Riley.; Deems, Susan.Searching for home, Sue.; Brothers, Anna.Betty searching for home.;
Searching for home / Rose M. Haynes -- Follow that trail / Robert Johnson -- A love story / Janet Johnson -- Searching for home, Riley / Riley Johnson, Jr. -- Searching for home, Sue / Susan Deems -- Betty searching for home / Anna Brothers --This is the true story of a sharecropper's family growing up in the depression era in the mountains of Virginia and Kentucky, told by Rose M. Haynes, with contributions from her brothers and sisters.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Johnson family; Haynes, Rose M., 1934-; Johnson, Robert.; Children of sharecroppers; Children of sharecroppers; Mountain life;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The journey of little Charlie [sound recording] / by Curtis, Christopher Paul,author,narrator.(CARDINAL)351524; Crouch, Michael(Michael Lockwood),narrator.(CARDINAL)617126;
Read by Michael Crouch with a note ready by the author.7-8.When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Children of sharecroppers; Fugitive slaves; African Americans; Plantation owners; Sharecroppers; Slavery;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Truevine : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South / by Macy, Beth.(CARDINAL)356237;
Includes bibliographic references (pages 353-404) and index.Prologue: I am the true vine -- Sit down and shut up -- White peoples is hateful -- And still the cry against us continues -- Your momma is dead -- Some serious secrets -- A paying proposition -- He who hustleth while he waiteth -- Comma, colored -- The prodigal sons -- Not one single, solitary, red penny -- Adultery's siamese twin -- Housekeeping! -- Practically imbeciles -- Very good old colored woman -- Wilbur and John -- God is good to me -- Epilogue: markers.A true story of two albino African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a decades-long struggle to find them and to get justice for her family. The year was 1899, and the old people told the story: the place, a sweltering tobacco community in the Jim Crow South called Truevine, where everyone they knew was either a former slave or a child or grandchild of slaves. Though the narrative of George and Willie Muse has been passed down for over a century, no writer has ever gotten this close to the beating heart of their story and its mysteries: Were they really kidnapped and put into servitude by the circus? How did their mother, a black maid toiling under the harsh restrictions of segregation, bring them home? And why, after getting there, would they ever want to go back? At the height of their fame, the Muse brothers performed for British royalty and headlined more than a dozen sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. They were fine musicians and global superstars in a pre-broadcast era. But the very root of their success hinged on the color of their skin and on the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume: cannibals, sheep-headed freaks, even 'Ambassadors from Mars." Beth Macy is a master chronicler of life in the South, and her exclusive interviews and sources make for a riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. These were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives--and their family's destiny.--Adapted from dust jacket.Beth Macy, master chronicler of life in the South, combines exhaustive research, exclusive interviews and sources, and attention to detail in this riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. George and Willie Muse from Truevine, Virginia were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives--and their family's destiny. --
Subjects: Biographies.; Muse, George.; Muse, Willie, 1893-2001.; Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows; Albinism in animals; Albinism; Children of sharecroppers; Circus performers; People with albinism;
Available copies: 55 / Total copies: 59
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Truevine [sound recording] : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest ; a true story of the Jim Crow south / by Macy, Beth,author.(CARDINAL)356237; Toren, Suzanne,narrator.(CARDINAL)530690;
Read by Suzanne Toren.The true story of two African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a 28-year struggle to get them back. The year was 1899 and the place a sweltering tobacco farm in the Jim Crow South town of Truevine, Virginia. George and Willie Muse were two little boys born to a sharecropper family. One day a white man offered them a piece of candy, setting off events that would take them around the world and change their lives forever. Captured into the circus, the Muse brothers performed for royalty at Buckingham Palace and headlined over a dozen sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. They were global superstars in a pre-broadcast era. But the very root of their success was in the color of their skin and in the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume: supposed cannibals, sheep-headed freaks, even "Ambassadors from Mars." Back home, their mother never accepted that they were "gone" and spent 28 years trying to get them back. Through hundreds of interviews and decades of research, Beth Macy expertly explores a central and difficult question: Where were the brothers better off? On the world stage as stars or in poverty at home? Truevine is a compelling narrative rich in historical detail and rife with implications to race relations today.Vendor-supplied metadata.
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Muse, George.; Muse, Willie.; Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows; Albinos and albinism; Circus performers; Children of sharecroppers; African Americans; Kidnapping.; African Americans;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The journey of little Charlie / by Curtis, Christopher Paul,author.(CARDINAL)351524;
When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing.960LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Children of sharecroppers; Fugitive slaves; African Americans; Plantation owners; Sharecroppers; Slavery; Fugitive slaves; African Americans; Race relations;
Available copies: 49 / Total copies: 59
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Truevine : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South / by Macy, Beth,author.(CARDINAL)356237;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-403) and index.Prologue: I am the true vine -- Sit down and shut up -- White peoples is hateful -- And still the cry against us continues -- Your momma is dead -- Some serious secrets -- A paying proposition -- He who hustleth while he waiteth -- Comma, colored -- The prodigal sons -- Not one single, solitary, red penny -- Adultery's Siamese twin -- Housekeeping! -- Practically imbeciles -- Very good old colored woman -- Wilbur and John -- God is good to me -- Epilogue: markers.Beth Macy, master chronicler of life in the South, combines exhaustive research, exclusive interviews and sources, and attention to detail in this riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. George and Willie Muse from Truevine, Virginia were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives--and their family's destiny.--A true story of two albino African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a decades-long struggle to find them and to get justice for her family. The year was 1899, and the old people told the story: the place, a sweltering tobacco community in the Jim Crow South called Truevine, where everyone they knew was either a former slave or a child or grandchild of slaves. Though the narrative of George and Willie Muse has been passed down for over a century, no writer has ever gotten this close to the beating heart of their story and its mysteries: Were they really kidnapped and put into servitude by the circus? How did their mother, a black maid toiling under the harsh restrictions of segregation, bring them home? And why, after getting there, would they ever want to go back? At the height of their fame, the Muse brothers performed for British royalty and headlined more than a dozen sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. They were fine musicians and global superstars in a pre-broadcast era. But the very root of their success hinged on the color of their skin and on the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume: cannibals, sheep-headed freaks, even 'Ambassadors from Mars." Beth Macy is a master chronicler of life in the South, and her exclusive interviews and sources make for a riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. These were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives--and their family's destiny.--Adapted from dust jacket.
Subjects: Biographies.; Muse, George, 1890-1971.; Muse, Willie, 1893-2001.; Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows; People with albinism; Albinism; Albinism in animals; Circus performers; Children of sharecroppers; Racism in popular culture; Child circus performers; African Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Truevine [large print]: two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South / by Macy, Beth,author.(CARDINAL)356237;
Includes bibliographical references."The true story of two African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a 28-year struggle to get them back. The year was 1899 and the place a sweltering tobacco farm in the Jim Crow South town of Truevine, Virginia. George and Willie Muse were two little boys born to a sharecropper family. One day a white man offered them a piece of candy, setting off events that would take them around the world and change their lives forever. Captured into the circus,the Muse brothers performed for royalty at Buckingham Palace and headlined over a dozen sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. They were global superstars in a pre-broadcast era. But the very root of their success was in the color of their skin and in the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume: supposed cannibals, sheep-headed freaks, even 'Ambassadors from Mars.' Back home, their mother never accepted that they were 'gone' and spent 28 years trying to get them back. Through hundreds of interviews and decades of research, Beth Macy expertly explores a central and difficult question: Where were the brothers better off? On the world stage as stars or in poverty at home? Truevine is a compelling narrative rich in historical detail and rife with implications to race relations today"--Publisher description.
Subjects: Large print books.; Biographies.; Muse, George, 1890-1971.; Muse, Willie, 1893-2001.; African Americans; African American boys; People with albinism; Albinism; Albinism in animals; Children of sharecroppers; Mothers and sons; Kidnapping; Child circus performers; Racism in popular culture;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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