| A Sense Of Humor Helps: The Memoir Of Portia Yvonne Trenholm Contributor(s): Trenholm, Portia Yvonne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1441471634 ISBN-13: 9781441471635 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Lawyers & Judges - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.93 lbs) 366 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Life in the South before the 1964 Civil Rights Act; Life in the United States thereafter. This book is an autobiography of an African American lawyer, teacher, college professor and administrator and writer who is the daughter of a college president in the south; describes racial discrimination in Alabama during the period 1932 -1951 and discrimination in the author's career activities in the United States thereafter; paints a vivid picture of a middle class African American family in the South during the 1930s through 1950s; describes the author's ancestors - educators in Alabama from the early 1900s through 1962 educated at The University of Chicago; life on the Alabama State University campus before integration; work as a Fortune 500 attorney; discrimination in the legal profession in the United States; and affirmative action in actuality. |