Bigmama Didn't Shop At Woolworth's
Bigmama Didn't Shop At Woolworth's is a memoir by Sunny Nash about life [1] during the Civil Rights Movement. The Memoir[2] was chosen as an Association of American University Presses Book for Understanding U.S. Race Relations.[3] The book was also recommended by the Miami-Dade Public Library System for Native American Collections.
The book, still in print and collected worldwide,[4] consists of a collection of articles from Sunny Nash's newspaper column[5] in the The Houston Chronicle (Sunday Edition of Texas Magazine in the State Lines Section). A selection from Nash's column, "A Mission Completed For Doll," was published in the collection, State Lines, edited by Ken Hammond[6], illustrated by Rolf Laub[7], and Foreword by Leon Hale. The selection was also published in Nash's book.[8]
Reception[edit]
The Library Journal recommended Bigmama "for black studies or Texas history collections" writing "Nash tells a story of the wrongs of racial prejudice familiar to anyone who lived through the times she describes; but as those times recede into the past, it is good to have them recorded for posterity."[9] and the School Library Journal wrote "Nash's writing makes readers feel they are there, experiencing the characters' anxieties, fears, joys, and hope. Young people will learn a lot from this book; it is poignant in its teachings about discrimination."[9]
Publishers Weekly found "The writing is sometimes cliched ... and the dialogue is filled with inspiring but not terribly natural locutions. What Nash does best is open a window on a neighborhood where heroism was often a matter of just getting by."[10]
Glencoe literature: the reader's choice (McGraw Hill) explained "Edgar Gabriel Silex and Sunny Nash honor grandparents whose dignity inspired them...memoir by Sunny Nash-from Bigmama Didn't Shop at Woolworth's…"[11]
It has also been reviewed by The Western Journal of Black Studies,[12] and the Los Angeles Times.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: Bigmama Didn't Shop at Woolworth's by Sunny Nash". Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ↑ McLELLAN, DENNIS (18 May 1997). "Fierce Pride in Her Bigmama". Retrieved 23 July 2017 – via LA Times.
- ↑ "Books for Understanding: Race Relations in the U.S." www.booksforunderstanding.org. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ↑ Nash, Sunny (23 July 1996). "Bigmama didn't shop at Woolworth's". College Station : Texas A&M University Press. Retrieved 23 July 2017 – via Trove.
- ↑ "State Lines: A song of his own making". Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ↑ "State Lines by Ken Hammond: Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX 9780890965627 Soft Cover, First Edition. - Texas Star Books". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ↑ "Illustrations from Houston Chronicle featured at Fondren exhibit". news.rice.edu. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ↑ "State Lines - Texas A&M University Consortium Press". www.tamupress.com. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Bigmama didn't shop at Woolworth's". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Bigmama Didn't Shop At Woolworth's". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. July 29, 1996. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=N4LvTTGRS6sC&q=Glencoe+sunny+nash&dq=Glencoe+sunny+nash&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8ipf_hqHVAhXkr1QKHcvCA0MQ6AEIKDAB
- ↑ Melody Graulich (June 2015). "Spatial Injustice, Texas-Style: Why Bigmama Didn't Shop at Woolworth's". The Western Journal of Black Studies. Washington State University Press. 39 (2): 114–124. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- ↑ Dennis McLellan (May 20, 1997). "Lessons From Candy Hill". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
"Bigmama Didn't Shop at Woolworth's" (Texas A & M University Press, 1997) is a collection of true-life stories--64 nostalgic vignettes ranging from two to five pages--that Nash wrote for Black Consciousness, a newspaper syndicate.
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