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Plot Summary. Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years is a 1993 memoir of two American civil rights pioneers. Sarah and Elizabeth Delaney were interviewed for The New York Times by Amy Hill Hearth in 1991. The popular story was then expanded into book form. Recognized as one of the Best Books of the Year by the American Library ...
Having Our Say is an oral history conducted by Amy Hill Hearth with the centenarian sisters Sadie and Bessie Delany. The book is divided into a preface and seven parts. In the preface, Hearth describes how the Delanys first charm her when she writes about them for the New York Times and how she eventually convinces them to share their stories in a book.
Jan 1, 2001 · Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany (September 19, 1889 – January 25, 1999) was an African-American educator and civil rights pioneer who was the subject, along with her younger sister Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany, of the New York Times bestselling oral history, Having Our Say, by journalist Amy Hill Hearth. Sadie was the first Black person permitted to ...
Aug 14, 2020 · Delany, Annie Elizabeth, 1891-1995; Hearth, Amy Hill, 1958- Boxid IA1907615 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1035087301 urn:lcp:havingoursaydela0000dela_z0d8:lcpdf:977cbda2-f5a3-4a63-a91f-a7ba66954057
Featuring an all-star cast, including Academy Award nominee Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee and Amy Madigan, Having Our Say tells the story of two sisters, 103-yea...
Synopsis. Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up on a North Carolina college campus, the daughters of the first African-American Episcopal bishop, who was born a slave, and a woman with an inter-racial background.
