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Leon Tillage grew up as the son of a sharecropper in a small North Carolina town. Told in vignettes, his memoir describes the daily hardships of segregation—walking four miles to a black school, forced segregation in movie theaters, and the terror of the KKK—while celebrating the strength of his family and the love that bound them together. Tillage’s narrative culminates in his participation in the civil‑rights movement, offering readers a powerful, personal view of the quest for equality in the American South.
First publish date: September 1, 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Leon Walter Tillage
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