Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family

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Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family is Pauli Murray’s groundbreaking 1956 family memoir that intertwines personal genealogy with the broader history of race, slavery, and segregation in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
family memoir
author Pauli Murray NERFINISHED
contributedTo African-American autobiographical tradition
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs groundbreaking family memoir
explores Black middle-class life in the South
effects of racism on family life
mixed-race heritage
focusesOn Murray family NERFINISHED
Pauli Murray’s ancestors
fullTitle Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family NERFINISHED
genre African-American literature
autobiography
memoir
hasMainProtagonist Pauli Murray NERFINISHED
hasTitle Proud Shoes NERFINISHED
integrates broader U.S. racial history
personal genealogy
language English
linkedTo civil rights discourse
narrativeForm first-person narrative
portrays experiences of formerly enslaved people
experiences of free Black people in the South
publicationYear 1956
setting 19th century United States
Durham, North Carolina NERFINISHED
Jim Crow era
subject African-American history
family history
genealogy
race in the United States
segregation in the United States
slavery in the United States
theme interracial ancestry
legacy of slavery
racial identity
segregation
social justice
timePeriodCovered Reconstruction era
early 20th century United States
slavery era in the United States

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Pauli Murray notableWork Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family