{"product_id":"sounds-like-home-growing-up-black-and-deaf-in-the-south-9781563680809","title":"Sounds Like Home: Growing Up Black and Deaf in the South","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew edition available: Sounds Like Home: Growing Up Black and Deaf in the South  20th Anniversary Edition  ISBN 978-1-944838-58-4 Features a new introduction by scholars Joseph Hill and Carolyn McCaskill  Mary Herring Wrights memoir adds an important dimension to the current literature in that it is a story by and about an African American deaf child. The author recounts her experiences growing up as a deaf person in Iron Mine  North Carolina  from the 1920s through the 1940s. Her story is unique and historically significant because it provides valuable descriptive information about the faculty and staff of the North Carolina school for Black deaf and blind students from the perspective of a student as well as a student teacher. In addition  this engrossing narrative contains details about the curriculum  which included a week-long Black History celebration where students learned about important Blacks such as Madame Walker  Paul Laurence Dunbar  and George Washington Carver. It also describes the physical facilities as well as the changes in those facilities over the years. In addition  Sounds Like Home occurs over a period of time that covers two major events in American history  the Depression and World War II.  Wrights account is one of enduring faith  perseverance  and optimism. Her keen observations will serve as a source of inspiration for others who are challenged in their own ways by lifes obstacles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648255975477,"sku":"ByrdShop_1563680807","price":32.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781563680809.jpg?v=1781714075","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sounds-like-home-growing-up-black-and-deaf-in-the-south-9781563680809","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}