Mom and Me and Mom
''In the first decade of the twentieth century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.''
So begins this stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter Johnson: the first black woman officer in the Merchant Marines, purveyor of a gambling business and rooming house, and mother to Maya Angelou, beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS.
''A brilliant writer, a fier...
''In the first decade of the twentieth century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.''
So begins this stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter Johnson: the first black woman officer in the Merchant Marines, purveyor of a gambling business and rooming house, and mother to Maya Angelou, beloved and bestselling author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS.
''A brilliant writer, a fier...
