Joseph Howell, author of Civil Rights Journey:The History of a White Southerner Coming of Age During the Civil Rights Revolution, is also the author of Hard Living on Clay Street: Portraits of Blue Collar Families, a book in continuous print since 1973. He worked as a consultant in the development of affordable and senior housing. Howell also taught at the George Washington University and the University of Maryland. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Embry, a health policy researcher at the Urban Institute. They have two grown children and four grandchildren.
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Author of "Civil Rights Journey: The Story of a White Southerner Coming of Age during the Civil Rights Revolution"
I enjoyed reading this book dedicated to Uncle Jack, Aunt Dovie, and my cousins Nay & Jackie. My mother is Catherine Wright Coleman. My maternal grandmother was (Lil Mama) Ruth Holt Wright, sister to Jack Holt and Josephine Broadway and wife of (Daddy Doe), John Wright. His mother was Ethel Wright, (Big Mama), my great grandmother. You thought she was a Holt. Uncle Jack called me Sputnik and I’m sure I was there that fourth of July in 1966. Thanks for the trip down memory lane in the Holt Quarters. I’ve often considered writing about that magical time in all our lives. We were so blessed.
Deborah,
Thanks so much for your comment. (I am just getting used to how to respond on the blog.) Nothing means more to me than getting comments like yours from people who knew the Holts and lived the southwest Georgia (or similar) experience. Your aunt and uncle and your cousins were among the kindest, gentlest people I have ever known and we were truly blessed to be able to spend that summer in their home.
–Joe
Joe:
I too remember Clay St. Your book is really spot on! Thanks!
Grace and Peace
Don
Don,
How and where on earth are you? Would love to reconnect. My email is joehowell@starpower.net