A Matter of Black and White
is the personal story of an Oklahoma woman whose fight to gain an education formed a crucial episode in the civil rights movement. Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, of parents only one generation removed from slavery, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher became the plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that laid the foundation for the eventual desegregat
A Matter of Black and White
is the personal story of an Oklahoma woman whose fight to gain an education formed a crucial episode in the civil rights movement. Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, of parents only one generation removed from slavery, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher became the plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that laid the foundation for the eventual desegregation of schools (and much else) in America.
A Matter of Black and White
resounds with almost universal human themes-childhood, school, friends, colleagues, community, and a love that lasted a lifetime.
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Hardcover
,
224 pages
Published
January 15th 1996
by University of Oklahoma Press
(first published January 1996)