Title

Woodholme : a Black man's story of growing up alone

Identifier

558190

374292833

Creator

Wickham, DeWayne

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1995

Program air date: July 9, 1995

Publisher

Farrar, Straus, Giroux

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpaper: Nigga, Jewing down, the way I dressed, Trambone, Kennedy shot, Ruth's period." Underlinings/Notes: Underlinings: Lamb underlines contrasting views of Baltimore, black and white, Wickham's family background and early life, and growing up poor in Baltimore. Notes: "Mary Frances Berry," "Cooper's Dad beaten," "Cherry Hill," "red & white flowers," "Uncle Dippy left home," "Amity Club," "$30 for 18 holes," "Pop Henry--foot-shuffling nigger, Marcus Garvey."

Subject

"Wickham, DeWayne--Childhood and youth."

"African Americans--Biography."

"Unmarried fathers--United States."

"African American families."

"Parental deprivation--Social aspects--United States."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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