Mule in the Bedroom

By Dr. Joice Christine Bailey Lewis

The Mule in the Bedroom describes the experience of a Black girl who sleeps over at the home of her Uncle and Cousin, who are so poor that they have a mule sleeping in one bedroom.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rushmore Press LLC
• Release date: Oct 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781956696523

Dr. Joice Christine Bailey Lewis

Dr. Joice Christine Bailey Lewis grew up on a sharecropping farm in Alabama where black people were considered inferior to white people. She was subjected to sub-standard education and was denied attendance at the local library and Public University, not withstanding that she had the second highest IQ in the city among black and white students. Dr. Lewis spent 27 years struggling to obtain a doctoral degree while working full time and rearing three children. Dr. Lewis achieved the highest level of employment as Superintendent of Schools and retired at age seventy-four. Now at age eighty-five, she is focusing on writing books for children, whom she loves. Dr. Lewis has three children, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

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ISBN 978-1-956696-51-6 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-956696-52-3 (digital)

Copyright © 2021 by Dr. Joice Christine Bailey Lewis

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Contents

Dedication

Dear Reader

Moral of the Story

Vocabulary

Higher Order Thinking and Depth of Knowledge

The Mule in the Bedroom

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to all children. It has been written to enhance children’s understanding of the history of the United States of America.

Knowing how people lived Back in the Day helps to understand much of the way we live and think today. Failure to understand the past will ensure that we will continue to make many of the same mistakes.

Unfortunately, American history is not always told correctly. It is often told so that people will believe in certain ways to give advantage to some and disadvantage to others.

I hope that all who read this book will understand our true history and will seek to promote human dignity for all Americans.

DEAR READER