Annette Gordon-Reed's Surprising Recollections of Texas
Annette Gordon-Reedâs Surprising Recollections of Texas Martha Yates Jones, left, and Pinkie Yates in a buggy decorated with flowers for Houstonâs annual Juneteenth celebration in 1908.Credit...Reverend Jack Yates Family and Antioch Baptist Church Collection, via The African American Library at The Gregory School, Houston Public Library Buy Book â¾ By H.W. Brands Almost every memoir could fairly be subtitled âThe Education of. â¦â Some explicitly embrace the formulation; âThe Education of Henry Adamsâ is the second most influential memoir in American let...
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