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Summary: Interesting story.
Review: Having Our Say by Amy Hill Hearth is a very interesting book to read. It talks about issues that happened after the Civil War. The two sisters Sadie and Bessie Delany tell the story in a way that is easy to understand and I recomend it. I read Sara Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan and it was very confusing but Having Our Say was very easy to understand and the theme of the book is very interesting. I think that Having Our Say is a very good book, If you want to know something about slavery and part of the history of the U.S.
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Summary: HAVING OUR SAY BOOK REVIEW
Review: HAVING OUR SAY by Sarah L. Delany and Elizabeth Delany with AmyHill Hearth is a great book that describes an american black familythat lived in the l9 and 20 centuries.It is about the problems they found, their fights, their life.Finally this book shows us the history at racism between black and white people in those centuries.Also this book brings to us an important history of american culture. This book talks about two sisters, sadie and Bessie who lived in Raleigh, North Corolina,on the campus of St. Augustine's college with their parents. I liked to read this book and I recommend it to everybody who wants to know about American Black History. END
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Summary: Having Our Say
Review: Having Our Say describes the lives of two women, Sadie and Bessie, who we can consider heroes. They are two sisters with different personalities. Their lives develop during more than one hundred years among many changes in the society, those changes affect their lives.The two sisters relate some issues: The most important is racism. They suffer so much from the consequences of the Jim Crow law. Sexism has less consequences than racism. Poverty teaches them to work hard, to save and also to be in solidarity with the people who are poorer. On the other hand they live and talk about some values: Their family is a model family, educated believers, with ten children. Sadie and Bassie love health and independece. This book is well written, with plentiful anecdotes and very it is interesting; it is really fascinating, it is historic and dynamic. For these reasons it is recommended for all people. This oral history is beautiful history.
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Summary: American History at its best
Review: Having Our Say is a remarkable book written by Sadie and Bessie Delany that details their lives over a hundred year period. Bessie and Sadie grew up in a large family on the campus of Saint Augustine's school in Raleigh, North Carolina during the 90s. They led sheltered lives; Sadie was quiet and well mannered whereas Bessie was very quick to anger and opinionated. They were also very intelligent women who were taught early on to aim high. In a time when most people did not go to school beyond high school, Bessie and Sadie received college degrees. Bessie became the second black woman to practice dentistry in New York.
Sadie became the first black home economics teacher in a New York high school. The Delany sisters spoke their minds, and what they give the reader is a story of pure American history. This autobiography is filled with stories about racism and how it affected their lives. Sadie and Bessie lived together for over a hundred years. Although the sisters are deceased, their story and words of wisdom live on in the hearts and minds of readers. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in American History. This book is the best history book I've read and the pictures in the book make the story come alive. Reviewed by Dorothy Cooperwood
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Summary: having my say!
Review: Having Our Say is a very special book made from anecdotes that talk about America history, but also love, family, prejudice, discrimination, and social injustice. I learned how vision, tenaticity, and courage can help people to overcome any problems. I like this book, and recommend it to everybody. I think everybody has something to learn from the Delany sisters.
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Summary: Lessons of lives
Review: Having our say is an increrible story of two sisters. It makes us think about our lifes and makes us question ourself.Who am I? Where am I? Where do I want go? We then can start or continue on to plan our future with the basic lessons of love, good health,relationships,to have a better life.
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Summary: Not dull if your old
Review: Having Our Say is basically a recollection by two sisters, Sadie and Bessie Delaney (aged 102 and 104) of their lives. They began their tale way back with their great grandfather and great grandmother who were slaves and progress onward with their family history from there. Their lives seem to be full of great adventures and accomplishments as they recall them back to you, for example Bessie becoming the second black woman licensed to practice dentistry in New York. Many historical events are chronicled through this moving historical record such as the Golden Age of Harlem and the Post Reconstructive South. The sisters go through many things such as Sadie almost getting lynched but they never allow them to bring them down. Even at age 102 and 104, which is the age they began to write the book they are still full of joy and encouragement for life. The one thing I liked about the book was learning about some of our nation's lesser-known history from a different perspective. Since, it's a true story a lot of historical events were mentioned and I found out how it really was for black people during their younger years. One particular event that sticks out is when Sadie gets dared to drink from the whites only fountain and does it, though her father catches her. Its hard to believe that America was really like that in the past. This book was really a learning experience and I found out about things I wouldn't have otherwise.
The thing I disliked this book was its lack of action. It sometimes got very boring because it seemed to be relaying things no one cared about. Points in the book were often focused on to long until it lost your attention. For example, five pages would be used to describe the detail of some very minor thing. I wouldn't recommend it to people who love a book with mystery or suspense because this book has none. Its almost like your going to know what happens before it does.
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Summary: Not dull if your old
Review: Having Our Say is basically a recollection by two sisters, Sadie and Bessie Delaney (aged 102 and 104) of their lives. They began their tale way back with their great grandfather and great grandmother who were slaves and progress onward with their family history from there. Their lives seem to be full of great adventures and accomplishments as they recall them back to you, for example Bessie becoming the second black woman licensed to practice dentistry in New York. Many historical events are chronicled through this moving historical record such as the Golden Age of Harlem and the Post Reconstructive South. The sisters go through many things such as Sadie almost getting lynched but they never allow them to bring them down. Even at age 102 and 104, which is the age they began to write the book they are still full of joy and encouragement for life. The one thing I liked about the book was learning about some of our nation's lesser-known history from a different perspective. Since, it's a true story a lot of historical events were mentioned and I found out how it really was for black people during their younger years. One particular event that sticks out is when Sadie gets dared to drink from the whites only fountain and does it, though her father catches her. Its hard to believe that America was really like that in the past. This book was really a learning experience and I found out about things I wouldn't have otherwise.
The thing I disliked this book was its lack of action. It sometimes got very boring because it seemed to be relaying things no one cared about. Points in the book were often focused on to long until it lost your attention. For example, five pages would be used to describe the detail of some very minor thing. I wouldn't recommend it to people who love a book with mystery or suspense because this book has none. Its almost like your going to know what happens before it does.
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Summary: Having Our Say
Review: Having Our Say, a book about two one-hundred year old women, Bessie and Sadie, is overall a good book. The book shows speciic aspects of their lives from each of their perspectives. The book gives you enough detail for you to understand completely and rarely ever goes into excessive detail about one event in their lives. I'm indifferent on this book because I really don't consider it to be a boring book or bad book, although it is not one of the bests bookd i have ever read. I think this is a good book for many people to read because it shows what life was like in the early stages of our century and how things changed through the years in Bessie's and Sadie's life story.
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Summary: The Best of America
Review: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, staring Diahann Carroll and Ruby Dee, was the portrayal of two American women who never married and lived rich full lives. Both women overcame Jim Crow, misogyny, and prejudice and went on to become professional women long before the new Millennium. Carroll and Dee gave wonderful performances, which reminded me of the stellar performance that Cicely Tyson gave in The Autobiography of Ms. Jane Pittman. This film features Mykelti Williamson as Papa Delany, who was a slave and went on to educate himself and raised his girls to be confident, ambitious, and staunchly self-reliant. If you need to be inspired, this film fits the bill. Check it out!
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