Sam Kelley: 3 books

Kelley captures Mary McLeod Bethunes trials and triumphs from an impoverished childhood in the cotton fields of South Carolina to her ascendancy as Black Americas most influential leader. Bethunes unyielding faith in God propels her forward on a lifelong mission of justice and equality. With a dollar...

Thruway Diaries Summary In Thruway Diaries, the Cadillac, that Black American symbol of achievement and success, having made it, provides no immunity to Big T and his family as they travel from Chicago to his native Mississippi in the early sixties and find themselves the target of police officers...

Life in small town white America turns out to be anything but idyllic for Professor Walt Williams and wife Ruby. Walts preoccupation with achieving tenure in the publish or perish academic world alienates him from his family. If thats not enough, his college-dropout son, who hangs out on the ski slopes,...