Seventeen Years in the Black Room is about the transition from segregation to integration for a small-town Texas Black school teacher, Susie Sansom-Piper, in the late 1960’s. As the last Principal to close the segregated school, this memoir begins with a look at the segregated black community during her childhood (after 1921), and outlines the challenges she faced both in the integrated school and within the black community. This is a story of resilience, tragedy, and triumph over adversity, as she manages to balance the demands of her household, parents, and two small children, while maintaining the decorum and back-bone needed to survive as a Black educator. This book provides an inside look at her teaching post integration, and how integration of schoolteachers and students impacted the African American family units and the community. This is a real-world look at the challenges and obstacles placed on African Americans in the workplace from the soul of a survivor.
A Word At some point in my life, I have endured tremendous sufferings, not bodily sufferings; but, mental sufferings. I have experienced all of the troubles that are in Pandora’s box. Through my belief in God and His Word, I have overcome. I count it all joy for the longevity God has given me. I count it all joy that he has given me the strength to endure and to overcome the fallacies of life. Adopt the motto: “I will be tough on the outside, yet tender on the inside, “ and it will not be difficult to endure. You too, can overcome. Walk daily with the Master. Walk with character, integrity, and lift your head high in the face of difficulties. But as for me, “I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God”. The Author Susie E. Sansom Piper
From Valleys to Mountains is a poetic history of the many trials and tribulations that existed during slavery years. It is also a description of the early days of freedom, from the onslought of slavery, up to, and including current day occurences in our country. This series of poetical works is written for the learning of present and future generations; for dramatization, entertainment, and as an inspiration to keep the freedom dream alive.
A Word At some point in my life, I have endured tremendous sufferings, not bodily sufferings; but, mental sufferings. I have experienced all of the troubles that are in Pandora’s box. Through my belief in God and His Word, I have overcome. I count it all joy for the longevity God has given me. I count it all joy that he has given me the strength to endure and to overcome the fallacies of life. Adopt the motto: “I will be tough on the outside, yet tender on the inside, “ and it will not be difficult to endure. You too, can overcome. Walk daily with the Master. Walk with character, integrity, and lift your head high in the face of difficulties. But as for me, “I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God”. The Author Susie E. Sansom Piper
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