BLACK SELF-SUFFICIENCY; BLACK INDEPENDENCE: SHOULDERS WE STAND ON

By G. L. SMITHERMAN

A short story that helps to set the record straight about two (2) courageous, hardworking, driven individual black families who lived in different times and different places. Distant relatives who endured the ravages of racism; false charges, mob attacks, and being burned out and driven from their residences and businesses. They dared to dream and aspire to the idea of self-sufficiency and independence for better lives..

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: May 18, 2023
• ISBN: 9781312558168

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TABLE OF CONTENT

INTRODUCTION                                                              2

QUOTATION – Francis Ward, Writer, Jet Magazine              3

BLACK SELF-SUFFICIENCY; INDEPENDENCE-The Question  4

J. SMITHERMAN                                                          5

JOHN SMITHERMAN                                                        11

TWISTED STORY                                                        12

BLACK SELF-SUFFICIENCY; INDEPENDENCE, WHAT HAPPENED? 13

SIMILARITIES                                                                        14

CREDITS