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Something Must Be Done: One Black Woman's Story
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Peggy Wood (Author)
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Despite Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and pervasive discrimination, a substantial number of African Americans entered the middle class before World War I. This was a life - little known to outsiders - of college graduations, formal weddings, and singing around the piano in the parlor. Peggy Wood was born into such a world in 1912. Her memoir is a parting of the curtains that kept much of this world from view. For this reason, ""Something Must Be Done"" belongs on the shelf alongside Sarah and Elizabeth Delaney's 1993 classic ""Having Our Say"".
About the Author
Peggy Wood memorably recounts her journey from Alabama's Tuskegee Institute to Atlanta and the School of Social Work at a time when Atlanta was a Mecca for black America. From the South the story moves to Lima, Ohio, and Poughkeepsie, New York, where she and her husband led black community centers. In 1950, the scene shifts to Syracuse, New York, where Peggy Wood was a social worker and active as a cam-
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- Contributor: Peggy Wood
- Imprint: Syracuse University Press
- ISBN13: 9780815608776
- Number of Pages: 152
- Packaged Dimensions: 147x210x18mm
- Packaged Weight: 340
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Syracuse University Press
- Release Date: 2006-09-30
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Peggy Wood memorably recounts her journey from Alabama's Tuskegee Institute to Atlanta and the School of Social Work at a time when Atlanta was a Mecca for black America. From the South the story moves to Lima, Ohio, and Poughkeepsie, New York, where she and her husband led black community centers. In 1950, the scene shifts to Syracuse, New York, where Peggy Wood was a social worker and active as a cam-
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