Sheila White

The Letters

Postmark Prejudice in Black and White

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Vivian Keeler is an intelligent, attractive and determined white woman from a traditional Nova Scotia family who risks it all by falling in love with a Black man. Billy White is a charismatic and gifted member of a prominent Black family; he's the brother of celebrated classical singer Portia White and the son of a renowned Black minister who garnered fame as an officer during the First World War. Vivian and Billy meet at a lunch counter in Halifax. During the next several months their casual friendship blossoms into romance. But the courtship that follows unleashes a torrent of racist rants that expose the pervasive bigotry of the late 1940s. The Letters: Postmark Prejudice in Black and White chronicles a passion that transcends deeply rooted taboos and sparks an orchestrated campaign to persuade Vivian "not to marry outside her race." As the pressure mounts, Vivian and Billy find strength in their shared affection. But will it be enough to overcome their own doubts about the viability of a future together?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Yorkland Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9781739004408
• ISBN-10: 173900440X
• Artikelnr.: 68209471

Autorenporträt

Sheila White hails from a noteworthy Canadian Black family on her father's side, and from prominent white colonists on her mother's side. Sheila is the paternal granddaughter of famed Nova Scotia Baptist minister and First World War hero, the Rev. Capt. Dr. William Andrew White. She is a niece of the iconic Black concert singer Portia White and daughter of Order of Canada recipient Bill White and Vivian Keeler, whose inspiring story is told in The Letters. Sheila won an African Canadian Achievement Award for Politics in Toronto in 2014 and a Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal in September 2022 from the Province of Nova Scotia for her work in anti-racism. Sheila also received a Canada 150 medal in 2017 and an Urban Hero Award in 2020. A lay chaplain, Sheila is an accomplished songwriter, serving as music director at Don Heights Unitarian Congregation. She and husband Alex reside in Agincourt, the Toronto neighborhood where she was born and raised.