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Mother of orphans : the true and curious story of Irish Alice, a colored man's widow
- Title
- Mother of orphans : the true and curious story of Irish Alice, a colored man's widow / Dedria Humphries Barker.
- Author
- Barker, Dedria Humphries
- Publication
- Florida : 2Leaf Press, [2020]
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- iv, 279 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Mother of Orphans is the compelling true story of Alice, an Irish-American woman who defied rigid social structures to form a family with a black man in Ohio in 1899. Alice and her husband had three children together, but after his death in 1912, Alice mysteriously surrendered her children to an orphanage. One hundred years later, her great-grand daughter, Dedria Humphries Barker, went in search of the reasons behind this mysterious abandonment, hoping in the process to resolve aspects of her own conflicts with American racial segregation and conflict. This book is the fruit of Barker's quest. In it, she turns to memoir, biography, historical research, and photographs to unearth the fascinating history of a multiracial community in the Ohio River Valley during the early twentieth century.... Part personal journey, part cultural biography, Mother of Orphans examines a little-known piece of this country's past: interracial families that survived and prevailed despite Jim Crow laws, including those prohibiting mixed-race marriage."--Amazon.com, viewed April 17, 2020.
- Subjects
- United States
- Ohio
- Intermarriage
- Racially mixed families
- African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc
- Mothers of racially mixed children
- Black author
- Creative nonfiction
- Biographies
- History
- 1900-1999
- Race relations
- United States > Race relations > History > 20th century
- Ohio > Race relations > History > 20th century
- African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc > History > 20th century
- Intermarriage > Ohio > History > 20th century
- Racially mixed families > Ohio > History > 20th century
- Irish American women > Biography
- Mothers of racially mixed children > Ohio > Biography
- Johnson, Alice D
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Creative nonfiction.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-831
- ISBN
- 9781940939780
- 194093978X
- LCCN
- 2017963326
- OCLC
- 1049819233
- Author
- Barker, Dedria Humphries, author.
- Title
- Mother of orphans : the true and curious story of Irish Alice, a colored man's widow / Dedria Humphries Barker.
- Publisher
- Florida : 2Leaf Press, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Note
- DIST. BY UNIV. OF CHICAGO PR. EXAMINES MIXED-RACE OHIO FAMILY DURING THE EARLY-MID-20TH CENTURY. B&W
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-831