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The Potato Patch
The Good Ole' Days - good for some, not so much for others
When you think of the 1950's, you think of happy days and good times. Poodle skirts, monogrammed sweaters and saddle shoes for the girls, leather jackets, slicked back hair, and rolled up dungarees for the boys, and most of the faces portrayed on television were white. What were black people doing? Jim Crow laws in the South let them know exactly where they fit… outside, around the back, or behind.
History speaks of Rosa Parks not giving up her seat on the bus, Jackie Robinson a pioneer in Baseball, and Thurgood Marshall a Supreme Court Justice. The Potato Patch goes deeper as we find out how others in the Black community participated in the Montgomery Boycott, uncovered the hypocrisy of baseball with the Negro Leagues, and the injustice of the long unfulfilled Brown vs. the Board of Education that kept schools separate despite the winning verdict.
Road trips, In-Laws, Christmas gatherings, fights, friends, family and food, are all part of The Potato Patch during a time when the "N" word cut like a knife, but it did not define the goals and aspirations of family where God came first and Education was the key to a better life.
The Potato Patch was written to help readers encounter history through story.
When you think of the 1950's, you think of happy days and good times. Poodle skirts, monogrammed sweaters and saddle shoes for the girls, leather jackets, slicked back hair, and rolled up dungarees for the boys, and most of the faces portrayed on television were white. What were black people doing? Jim Crow laws in the South let them know exactly where they fit… outside, around the back, or behind.
History speaks of Rosa Parks not giving up her seat on the bus, Jackie Robinson a pioneer in Baseball, and Thurgood Marshall a Supreme Court Justice. The Potato Patch goes deeper as we find out how others in the Black community participated in the Montgomery Boycott, uncovered the hypocrisy of baseball with the Negro Leagues, and the injustice of the long unfulfilled Brown vs. the Board of Education that kept schools separate despite the winning verdict.
Road trips, In-Laws, Christmas gatherings, fights, friends, family and food, are all part of The Potato Patch during a time when the "N" word cut like a knife, but it did not define the goals and aspirations of family where God came first and Education was the key to a better life.
The Potato Patch was written to help readers encounter history through story.
282 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 22, 2018
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November 24, 2023
WHAT AN AMAZING BOOK! You get to learn more about history through the lens of an African American family. So much wittiness and fun with a twist at the end. I could not put it down and finished it in one day. This book had my crying, laughing, and waiting for more.
February 22, 2025
Great story depicting challenges faced by a Black family in the 1950’s.
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