Roberta's Boys: Four Pitts Brothers of Macon, GA
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (857 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0996288309 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 282 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said A good-news story of a southern Black family.. Up beat story of a successful Black family from the rural south. Well researched with an extreme amount of detail and graphics.. Nancye R. Brazil said Five Stars. It provided information about my Pitts family roots.. Ray said Certainly recommended reading for young African Americans to assist in understanding. What well-written documentation of the life stories of members of a black family overcoming what seemed to be insurmountable obstacles to achieve success. Certainly recommended reading for young African Americans to assist in understanding that hard work, regardless of background, can pay off.Additionally, the author
Nathan A. Pitts and Dr. Pitts), their wives, and their children. This book tells the inspiring life-stories of four great African-American men (Dr. Their parents, part of the emerging black middle class, gave them an affectionate family, a close community, and the best schooling available to blacks at that time. Then, a family tragedy took resources and security away and scattered the family to the four winds. They were four brothers, born in the early years of the 20th century to an educated and ambitious African-American couple of Macon, Georgia. Each son gave his mother, Roberta ("Sis") Pitts, the credit for his success.. Pitts, Robert B. Raymond J. In the years of the Great Depression, throughout World War II and beyond, these men would have to summon every ounce of the faith and fortitude they learned at their mother's knee: to survive, to finish college and graduate school, and to each make their own, notable contribution to the n
'Roberta's Boys: Four Pitts Brothers of Macon, GA' is an extraordinary and very highly recommended for personal reading lists, in addition to community and academic library American Biography and Black Studies collections." -- Midwest Book Review "Those seeking inspiration would be hard-pressed not to find it here; every page if filled with the brothers' impressive achievements despite facing many hardships and prejudices. "A deftly chronicled history of the triumph of the human spirit over incredible adversity, 'Roberta's Boys: F