At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White

At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White

April Ryan, Chris Matthews (Foreword by)
$24.95
Publication Date: December 15th, 2016
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN:
9781442265639
Pages:
160

Description

At Mama's Knee looks at race and race relations through the lessons that mothers transmit to their children. Through the stories of mothers from Hillary Clinton to Sybrina Fulton, we are reminded that attitudes change from one generation to the next and one child at a time.

About the Author

April Ryan, a 30-year journalism veteran, has been the White House correspondent for 20 years for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN), covering three US presidents who have called on her by name. She is also the Washington Bureau Chief. Along with responsibilities at the White House, Ryan hosts the daily feature, "The White House Report," which is broadcast to AURN's nearly 300 affiliated stations nationwide. She is regularly featured on political news shows and is a frequent speaker around the country. Her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, was published in 2015. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and is the proud mother of two girls.