In Grandma's Day
4 total works
While focusing on home life, this account presents the story of Geneva Lewis, an African American who grew up in segregated DeQuincy, Louisiana, during the 1940s.
An account, focusing on the leisure time activities, of the life of Valerie McNamara who grew up in the Midwest during the 1940s.
Recalls what it was like to go to both a public and a Catholic school in Illinois in the 1940s.
Recalls what it was like for a young African American girl to help prepare meals for her large family living in Madison, Illinois, in the 1930s and 1940s.