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Time & Place That Gave Me Life

by Janet Cheatham Bell
Time & Place That Gave Me Life

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ISBN13: 9780253348777
ISBN10: 0253348773
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Janet Cheatham Bell's riveting memoir recounts her experiences coming of age as an African American girl in Indianapolis during the 1930s to the mid-1960s. In taut chapters, Bell introduces the reader to a life defined largely by race and racial discrimination. She begins with her birth in 1937 and her parents' early struggles after relocating to Indianapolis from Tennessee. Bell describes her first job as a maid in a wealthy white household and her humiliating experiences at a "white" high school. She describes experiences of racism at Indiana University and how she copes with personal tragedy that she is able to overcome. Devoid of hyperbole or the trauma that defines so many memoirs, particularly those of celebrities, the strength and appeal of Bell's memoir lies in her direct, but personal tone, and her deft use of anecdotes. "I think of myself as ordinary," writes Bell, "but the lives of ordinary people are not identical, and the details of those lives are worth knowing."

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"Bell's is the best form of social history: a story that focuses on an ordinary individual but also illuminates the experiences of many over time." --Nancy Gabin, author of Feminism in the Labor Movement: Women and the United Auto Workers, 1933-1975 Indiana University Press Indiana University Press

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"Janet Cheatham Bell's beautifully written memoir is both a tender meditation on her close-knit Midwestern black family and a searing indictment of the mid-20th century racism that circumscribed their lives. Her spirit and resilience--as she grows from Depression era toddler to confident Civil Rights era woman--will keep you captivated and cheering." --A'Lelia Bundles, great great grandaughter of Madam C. J. Walker and, author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

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"This is more than a memoir. Janet Cheatham Bell has seasoned her personal story with some little-known history of African Americans in Indiana." --Julian Bond, author of A Time to Speak, A Time to Act, and Board Chairman, NAACP

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"With wit, aplomb, and a candor born of bitter experience, Janet Cheatham Bell has crafted a compelling memoir about growing up in Indiana." --INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, December 2008 Indiana University Press

Synopsis

A coming-of-age memoir that confronts race and gender issues in middle America during the preCivil Rights era

About the Author

Janet Cheatham Bell is a native Hoosier and publishing entrepreneur. A former education consultant for the Indiana Department of Education, Bell has also taught African American literature at a number of colleges and universities. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Contents

1. Rigged Outcome: The Overture

2. My Gifts

3. Daring to Hope

4. Priceless, but Not Material

5. Warring Ideals

6. Powerful Lessons

7. Hard Work and Talent

8. Being Invisible

9. Some Times Are Worse

10. Passing the Baton

11. What a Feeling!

12. The Cost of Ignorance

13. Evading the Dragon

14. Walking in My Sleep

15. Paying the Price

16. Moving Forward

17. Altering My Images

18. Discarding Fantasies

Why a Memoir

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index


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ISBN:
9780253348777
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
06/20/2007
Publisher:
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pages:
336
Height:
9.52 in.
Width:
6.6 in.
Thickness:
1.08 in.
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2007
UPC Code:
4294967295
Author:
Janet C. Bell
Author:
Janet Cheatham Bell
Subject:
History
Subject:
Indianapolis (Ind.)
Subject:
cultural heritage
Subject:
Biography - General
Subject:
Race relations
Subject:
African Americans

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