Delta Jewels by Steele, Alysia Burton -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Welcome Dedication Family Tree Map of Mississippi Delta Region THE INSPIRATION

Mrs. Tennie (Tennessee) S. Self, Clarksdale Mrs. Albertine T. Reid, Sherard Mrs. Florida B. Smith, Charleston Mrs. Katie M. Richardson, Tunica Mrs. Lillian B. Matthews, Indianola Mrs. Lillie B. Jackson, Tutwiler Mrs. Deloris M. Gresham, Drew Ms. Joyce Dixon Myers, Ruleville Mrs. Ruby Hooper-White, Ruleville Mrs. Jean C. Woodley, Dundee Mrs. Velma T. Moore, Benoit Mrs. Myrlie Evers, Jackson

HAT. COAT. PURSE.

Ms. Curtistene Short Davis, Leland Mrs. Rosie H. Bynum, Leland Mrs. Easter W. Summerville, Leland Mrs. Rachel J. Scurlock, Charleston Mrs. Maude W. Coleman, Greenville

MY MISSISSIPPI BURNING

Mrs. Annyce P. Campbell, Mound Bayou Mrs. Leola W. Overton, Clarksdale

I FELT LIKE AN ORPHAN

Mrs. Juanita W. Turney, Greenville

GRAM, ME, AND RICK JAMES

Ms. Rena Butler, Clarksdale Mrs. Ivey B. Anderson, Mound Bayou

GRAM MARRIED AT 17

Mrs. Mildred W. Lee, Marks

“SAY GOOD NIGHT, LISA.”

Mrs. Rebecca “Ma Beck” Hawkins, Indianola Mrs. Ora D. Jackson, Merigold Mrs. Viola J. Sisson, Greenwood Mrs. Ceola L. Causey, Drew Mrs. Ollie L. Mack, Yazoo City Dr. Bettie L. Clark, Yazoo City Mrs. Leola B. Dillard, Yazoo City Mrs. Alma B. Tucker, Webb Ms. Bessie M. Thompson, Charleston

GRAM WASN’T SURE I LEARNED ANYTHING

Mrs. Margie T. Johnson, Hollandale Mrs. Mary L. Chatman, Cleveland

POP DIDN’T HAVE TO SAY A WORD

Mrs. Delcia R. Davis, Indianola Mrs. Easter Lee Sharp, Shaw

DECENTLY AND IN ORDER

Mrs. Daisy Idleburg, Mound Bayou

I NEVER SKIPPED SCHOOL AGAIN

Mrs. Ruby Perry Patton, Shelby Mrs. Annie McFarland Mister, Grenada Mrs. Emma Eudora McGee Horton, Charleston Mrs. Lillie V. Thompson Davis, Marks

FUNNY, I’M JUST LIKE GRAM

Mrs. Magolia M. Fox, Grenada Mrs. Margaret Henry, Mound Bayou

GRAM—SWEATPANTS, A BLAZER, AND HIGH HEELS

Mrs. Dorothy A. Kee, Coffeeville Mrs. Lela J. Bearden, Sumner

A GRAM LEGACY

Mrs. Lillie M. Roberts, Coffeeville Mrs. Beatrice P. Smith, Charleston Mrs. Larvarah Jones, Ruleville Mrs. Herma S. Mims Floyd, Sumner Mrs. Corine Thomas, Lambert Ms. Irene Thornton, Lambert Mrs. Mary Ella Young, Ruleville Mrs. Glennie Mae Houston, Tillatoba Mrs. Virginia Hower, Clarksdale

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