It's good to be Black [electronic resource] / Ruby Berkley Goodwin.

ISBN:

9780809331239

Title:

Author:

Goodwin, Ruby Berkley, author.

Personal Author:

Goodwin, Ruby Berkley, author.

Edition:

Sixtieth-anniversary edition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 257 pages)

Contents:

Forewords to the sixtieth-anniversary edition / Beverly J. Goodwin, Stephanie G. Goodwin, Carmen K. Wadley, and Leah B. Goodwin -- Du Quoin, Illinois -- As a fruitful vine -- Cousin Frankie -- The Black man's strength -- Before our time -- Sunday morning -- We become a race of champions -- When the black spider crawled -- We witness a hanging -- And may the best man win -- Carnival time -- Echoes of Algiers -- I've never seen "Uncle Tom's Cabin" -- The stranger within our gates -- We attend a baptizing -- Strike! -- Miracle on Smoke Row -- Balancing the score -- Living is fun -- A bishop visits our city -- Davis' mine goes on a rampage -- Dad converts a socialist -- almost -- Our pioneers in race relations -- The ugly mask of fear -- Black and powerful.

Local Note:

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Personal Subject:

Goodwin, Ruby Berkley-Childhood and youth.

Subject Term:

African American girls -- Illinois -- Du Quoin -- Biography.

African Americans -- Illinois -- Du Quoin -- Biography.

Geographic Term:

Du Quoin (Ill.) -- Biography.

Du Quoin (Ill.) -- Social life and customs.

Du Quoin (Ill.) -- Race relations.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2013

1953

Publication Information:

Carbondale :

Southern Illinois University Press,

2013.

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Summary

From the preface by Carmen Kenya Wadley:

"Is it good to be black? To Ruby Berkley Goodwin it was....The black she writes about has nothing to do with skin color, but it does have a great deal to do with self images, values, spiritual strength, and most of all love. Unlike the contradicting definitions of blackness we see reflected in today's crime statistics, movies, television, newspapers, political speeches, advertisements, and sociological reports, Ruby Berkley Goodwin's definition of blackness is simple and to the point: black is good. It's Good to be Black is more than the story (history) of a black family living in Du Quoin, Illinois, during the early 1900s; it is a reaffirmation for all of us who know in our hearts that there is still good in the world and that some of that good is black."

Author Notes

Ruby Berkley Goodwin was born and raised in DuQuoin, IL. She moved with her family to California where she became a poet, a publicist, journalist, and a screenwriter. A confidant of actress Hattie McDaniel, Goodwin acted in several TV series, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents .