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Book Title: Song and the Silence : A Story about Family, Race, and What Was Revealed in a Small Town in the Mississippi Delta While Searching for Booker Wright
Item Length: 8.4in.
Item Height: 1in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Yvette Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Discrimination & Race Relations, General, Violence in Society, Historical, African American, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publisher: Atria Books
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 10.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
