a story about family, race, and what was revealed in a small town in the Mississippi Delta while searching for Booker Wright
Johnson, Yvette
The granddaughter of Booker Wright, Yvette Johnson, shares her personal story of discovery as she researched the legacy her grandfather left behind through his determination of spirit in the Mississippi Delta during the Civil Rights movement of the sixties.
The author discusses the different stages of her life, beginning with her childhood in the segregated Deep South in the 1940s, and tells of her criminal activities, her involvement with the Civil Rights Movement, and her eventual pursuit of a Ph.D.
