Happy 90th B-day, Dorothy Sterling!

A bit early, but she will turn 90 this Sunday. Author of the 1950s "Mary Jane,"
about a black girl's attempt to make it in a hostile integrated school. Also
the author of "Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman" (1999). So far as I
can tell, interestingly, she herself is white. She also wrote "Lucretia Mott."
There's a loooong autobiographical article in the SATA encyclopedia. It
includes a photo of a cross that was burned on her lawn years ago.

Lenona.

In article <20031118124945.20350.00000429 RemoveThis @mb-m04.aol.com>,
Lenona321 <lenona321 RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:
 >A bit early, but she will turn 90 this Sunday. Author of the 1950s "Mary Jane,"
 >about a black girl's attempt to make it in a hostile integrated school. Also

A childhood favorite of mine! I was so happy to find a copy. It's
still fun.
--
"I couldn't believe this was a book. It didn't even give me a
headache." -- Chris Crutcher on _To Kill a Mockingbird_
Eeek - the wicked pigeon ladies are back in the garden!:
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