Jackson, iii. Please welcome charletta sudduth, coauthor of the book i just mentioned here. Your mother will join us a little later here on the program, too. She actually was one of the maids that youre talking about in your book. Yes. Lets talk first of all, it is black History Month and charletta, for you, what does that mean after all these years of looking back at the struggles that africanamericans have yoefr overcome and have still overcome sng overcoming . What does it mean to you . It reminds me of my heritage, how far weve come but how far we have to go and part of me getting involved with this book is just wanting to make sure that we begin to pass on this legacy of stories and the trials, the triumphs that my people have had to endure to get us to this point. Itself to carter wood son, 1926 so the idea for this book, katherine, you collaborated with a broader look at recruiting her. Youre from new orleans and you lived at a lot of times when black maids were in your neighbor
This is the steele report. Our top thick week on the steele report, black History Month and a fascinating new book written by some local authors. Our questioning begins right now. Now from kwwl, this is the steele report. Welcome to this week he is weeks edition of the steele report. I would like to introduce them to you right now, dr. Katherine vam wormer is a professor of social work at the university of Northern Iowa in cedar falls, shes also an addiction specialist and author of several books, including the book were going to talk about here today which is entitled, the maid narratives, black domestics and white families in the jim crow south. Coauthored with Charletta Sudduth and also david w. Jackson, iii. Sudduth, coauthor of the book i just mentioned here. Your mother will join us a little later here on the program, too. She actually was one of the maids that youre talking about in your book. Yes. Lets talk first of all, it is black History Month and charletta, for you, what do