Great Lakes books

"Follows the story of [the] author's . . . maternal grandmother, Dorothy May Jackson. Born in Tennessee in 1890, Dorothy May was the middle daughter of Addie Jackson, a married African-American housekeeper at one of the white boardinghouses in town, and Tom Mitchell, a commanding white attorney from a prominent family. Through three successive generations of African-American women, Elster intertwines the fictionalized adaptations of the defining periods and challenges--race relations, miscegenation, sexual assault, and class divisions--in her family's history"--.

Documents the history of the Goodridge studio, the most successful African-American photography establishment in the United States in the last half of the nineteenth century.

"There are more than 180 exotic species in the Great Lakes... William Rapai focuses on the impact of ... [those that are invasive.] Chapters delve into the ecological and economic damage that has occurred and is still occurring and explore educational efforts and policies designed to prevent new introductions into the Great Lakes"--Provided by publisher.

In 1937, twelve-year-old Patsy and her family travel from Detroit to Tennessee to visit her grandmother. They leave in a first-class train car and Patsy is shocked to discover that they must change seats and ride in the cramped "colored car" when they get further south. When Patsy returns home she examines her experience in the colored car and the subtle injustices her family faces in Detroit.