Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living side by side. Their sharp memories show us the post-Reconstruction South and Booker T. Washington; Harlem's Golden Age and Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Paul Robeson. Bessie breaks barriers to become a dentist; Sadie quietly integrates the New York City system as a high school teacher. Their extraordinary story makes an important contribution to our nation's heritage—and an indelible impression on our lives.

Biographies & Memoirs

Hearth, Amy Hill

Delany, A. Elizabeth

Delany, Sarah L.

Community & Culture

Dell

In their 200+ combined years, Sadie and Bessie Delany have seen it all. They saw their father, who was born into slavery, become America's first black Episcopal bishop. They saw their mother--a woman of mixed racial parentage who was born free--give birth to ten children, all of whom would become college-educated, successful professionals in a time when blacks could scarcely expect to receive a high school diploma. They saw the post-Reconstruction South, the Jim Crow laws, Harlem's Golden Age, and the Civil Rights movement--and, in their own feisty, wise, inimitable way, they've got a lot to say about it.
More than a firsthand account of black American history, "Having Our Say" teaches us about surviving, thriving, and embracing life, no matter what obstacles are in our way.

Delany, Sarah Louise

Turtleback Books

Two sisters recall their lives together, discussing their success as African-American professional women during the Harlem golden age

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (G.K. Hall Large Print Book)

Delany, Sarah

G.K.Hall & Co.

Two centenarians, the coauthors of Having Our Say offer counseling on sane living in today's world, advise on how to stay active, and stress the importance of faith, love, dignity, and self-reliance. Book available.

The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom/Cassettes

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

MacMillan Audio

The coauthors of Having Our Say offer counseling on sane living in today's world, advise on how to stay active, and stress the importance of faith, love, dignity, and self-reliance. 250,000 first printing. Major ad/promo.

The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom

Kodansha USA Inc

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