The Story of Ruth
Harris, Rosalind J / Brodie, James M The Story of Ruth" is a first person narrative about the life and journey of an African American woman who grew up in the deep south during the Jim Crow era. Ruth Smith was an only child who was very close to her mother and father. They moved north leaving her in Mississippi at the age of 17. In 1948, Ruth and her young husband and baby eventually migrated north also in pursuit of the American Dream, but more importantly to be closer to her pa...