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Loading... Passing for Black : the life and careers of Mae Street Kiddby Mae Street Kidd
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In 1976, Kentucky state legislator Mae Street Kidd successfully sponsored a resolution ratifying the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It was fitting that a black woman should initiate the state's formal repudiation of slavery; that it was Mrs. Kidd was all the more appropriate. Born in Millersburg, Kentucky, in 1904 to a black mother and a white father, Kidd grew up to be a striking woman with fair skin and light hair. Sometimes accused of trying to pass for white in a segregated society, Kidd felt that she was doing the opposite -- choosing to assert her black identit No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)976.9History and Geography North America South Central U.S. KentuckyLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |