Overview
Cora James, born to a black woman who has had a love affair with a white man, grows up poor in South Carolina, marries an abusivealbeit, wealthypreacher, and escapes from him by going north to Harlem. There she earns money dealing cards and performing in a number of traveling vaudeville shows. She survives the Great Depression, and experiences life as a wife, mother, lover, actress, and independent businesswoman. Torn between befriending Filipino and white neighbors, and the view of the Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey movement, Cora survives divisive politics and learns that since "Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave... it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way."
This book title, A Short Walk, ISBN: 9781558615328, by Alice Childress, La Vinia Jennings, published by The Feminist Press at CUNY (December 1, 2006) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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