Vivian Gibson’s bestselling memoir of growing up in the 1950s in a segregated St. Louis neighborhood has been hailed by critics as “a spare, elegant jewel of a work” and “a love letter to Gibson's childhood.”Vivian Gibson grew up in Mill Creek Valley, a segregated working-class neighborhood in St. Louis that was razed in 1959 to build a highway, an act of racism disguised under urban renewal as “progress.” A moving memoir of family life at a time very different from the present, The Last Children of Mill Creek chronicles the everyday lived experiences of Gibson’s large family―her seven siblings, her crafty, college-educated mother, and her hard-working father―and the friends, shop owners, church ladies, teachers, and others who made Mill Creek into a warm, tight-knit African American community. In Gibson’s words, “This memoir is about survival, as told from the viewpoint of a watchful young girl―a collection of decidedly universal stories that chronicle the extraordinary lives of ordinary people.” Winner of a Missouri Humanities award for literary achievement, The Last Children of Mill Creek is an important book for anyone interested in urban development, race, and community history―or for anyone who was once a child.
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🗸 Author(s): Vivian Gibson
🗸 Title: The Last Children of Mill Creek
🗸 Rating : 4.6 from 5 stars (207 reviews)
🗸 Languange: English
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