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Wit, Will & Walls

By Fisher, Betty Kilby

Wit, Will & Walls Social Sciences

Wit, Will & Walls

By Fisher, Betty Kilby

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"Wit, Will & Walls" is a powerful epic of an African American familys struggle for equality. Betty Kilby was an "infant plaintiff" in the, Betty Ann Kilby vs. Warren County Board of Education, which followed the landmark Supreme Court case Brown Vs. the Board of Education. The Kilby family struggle started long before, when her father, James Kilby, took on Old Virginias deeply rooted apartheid system. James Kilby had been raised in what can only be called inter-generational semi-slavery on a farm in Rappahanock County. Like his father, he had worked at the owners beck and call essentially for room, board and the occasional dollar. Ultimately, James Kilby stood up and led his family on their journey through terror, isolation and repeated defeats toward educational opportunity equal to that of white society. Sorrowing, yet often humorous, "Wit, Will and Walls" is more than just Betty's autobiography; This book is also a family epic, spanning generations of Kilbys, with many frank forays into such areas as the "kitchen babies," sired by her familys white bosses, right up to the heartbreak of her daughters addiction to crack cocaine.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
184
Release Date:
2002-12-01
Publication Date:
2002-12-01
Publisher:
Cultural Innovations Inc
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
097257090X
Weight:
299 g
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