They Raised Me Up: A Black Single Mother and the Women Who Inspired Her

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Carolyn’s Inspiring Women xi A Note to the Reader xiii Chapter One Carolyn and sarah, somerville, Massachusetts, august 1986 1 Chapter Two lilly, Midway, alabama, november 1896 6 Chapter Three Carolyn and sarah, somerville, august 1986 10 Chapter Four lilly and alberta, birmingham, alabama, 1899 14 Chapter Five Carolyn and sarah, somerville, september 1986 17 Chapter Six lilly and alberta, birmingham, 1899 23 Chapter Seven Carolyn and sarah, somerville, september 1986 26 Chapter Eight lilly and alberta, Weir, Kansas, 1905 30 Chapter Nine Carolyn and sarah, somerville, september 1986 34 Chapter Ten alberta, anniston, alabama, 1913 40 Chapter Eleven Carolyn and sarah, somerville, september 1986 43 Chapter Twelve lilly and alberta, detroit, 1917 47 Chapter Thirteen Carolyn and sarah, brooklyn, thanksgiving 1986 67 viii Chapter Fourteen alberta, Harlem, 1940 72 Chapter Fifteen elizabeth and Carolyn, brooklyn, thanksgiving 1986 78 Chapter Sixteen alberta, Harlem, 1943 86 Chapter Seventeen Carolyn and sarah, somerville, december 1986 89 Chapter Eighteen alberta, Harlem, 1944 94 Chapter Nineteen Carolyn and sarah, somerville, december 1986 97 Chapter Twenty aunt Marjory, brooklyn, 1948 102 Chapter Twenty-One Carolyn and sarah, somerville, January 1987 107 Chapter Twenty-Two aunt Marjory, brooklyn, 1948 112 Chapter Twenty-Three Carolyn and sarah, somerville, March 1987 117 Chapter Twenty-Four alberta, Harlem, 1947 122 Chapter Twenty-Five Carolyn, somerville, august 1987 126 Chapter Twenty-Six Carolyn and elizabeth, birmingham, January 2012 131 Notes 137 Bibliography 143 Contents ...