Books

It is well known fact that African Americans come from a background with a rich oral tradition. But the downside of this has been that at one time, family history had to rely solely on the spoken word to be handed down to the next generation.

Cora Hightower's dream was to get her girls out of the South. She dreamed of the journey West, and of stories about the good life. She began to make plans; to get herself and her family, out.