| All We Had Was Each Other: The Black Community of Madison, Indiana Contributor(s): Wallis, Don (Author), Hine, Darlene Clark (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0253334284 ISBN-13: 9780253334282 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1998 Annotation: Madison, Indiana, though geographically situated in the North, had its cultural roots in the South, and for most of this century the town was strictly segregated. In All We Had Was Each Other, 20 black residents of this small Ohio River town relate their life histories. They recall what it meant, personally and culturally, to be denied opportunities for participation in the educational, economic, political, and social life of the white community. And they describe how they created a community of their own, strong and viable, self-sustaining and mutually supportive of its members. The black community of Madison drew upon its own resources -- deep commitment to family and religion, and to its own community school; hard work; self-discipline, personal responsibility, and self-respect. The book provides moving testimony of how Madison's black residents overcame the circumstances of their place and time to live strong and rewarding lives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 977.257 |
| LCCN: 98007227 |
| Series: Blacks in the Diaspora (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.74" W x 8.76" (0.74 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Midwest - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Indiana |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A remarkable, poignant collection. --Choice This oral history of black Madison is an invaluable primary document for students, general readers, and scholars. Interestingly it illuminates the white side of Madison as much as it reveals about what transpired in the black community. --Darlene Clark Hine, from the Foreword Twenty Black residents of a small Ohio River town here tell the stories of their lives. Madison, though in the North, had its cultural roots in the south, and for most of the twentieth century the town was strictly segregated. In their own words, Black men and women of Madison describe the deprivations of discrimination in their hometown: what it meant, personally and culturally, to be denied opportunities for participation in the educational, economic, political, and social life of the white community. And they describe how they created a community of their own, strong and viable, self-sustaining and mutually supportive of its members. |