EPISODE · Feb 5, 2019 · 8H 47M
Sign My Name to Freedom by Betty Reid Soskin
from Press Play On This Unforgettable Full Audiobook — Perfect Right Now. · host Betty Reid Soskin
https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/2889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sign My Name to Freedom Author: Betty Reid Soskin Narrator: Betty Reid Soskin Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins Release date: 02-05-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 46 ratings Genres: Cultural & Regional Publisher's Summary: In Betty Reid Soskin’s 96 years of living, she has been a witness to a grand sweep of American history. When she was born in 1921, the lynching of African-Americans was a national epidemic, blackface minstrel shows were the most popular American form of entertainment, white women had only just won the right to vote, and most African-Americans in the Deep South could not vote at all. From her great-grandmother, who had been enslaved until her mid-20s, Betty heard stories of slavery and the times of terror and struggle for Black folk that followed.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/2889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sign My Name to Freedom Author: Betty Reid Soskin Narrator: Betty Reid Soskin Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins Release date: 02-05-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 46 ratings Genres: Cultural & Regional Publisher's Summary: In Betty Reid Soskin’s 96 years of living, she has been a witness to a grand sweep of American history. When she was born in 1921, the lynching of African-Americans was a national epidemic, blackface minstrel shows were the most popular American form of entertainment, white women had only just won the right to vote, and most African-Americans in the Deep South could not vote at all. From her great-grandmother, who had been enslaved until her mid-20s, Betty heard stories of slavery and the times of terror and struggle for Black folk that followed.
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