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The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
By CLINE-RANSOME, Lesa
- ISBN
- 9781481462891
- Publisher
- S. & S. Paula Wiseman Bks.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2020 | Elementary
Gr 2–5—African American journalist Ethel L. Payne (1911–91) "collected the stories of people who followed a path paved with dreams." Her interest in oral histories started at an early age—her grandparents shared their experiences laboring in the cotton fields under slavery, and her parents told stories of their sharecropping days. Payne may have grown up poor, but her childhood was rich in language and love. Every Saturday, Payne's mother took her daughter and her five siblings...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
