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Karra Ann's mother sends her to live with her paternal grandmother in Austin, Texas. Her grandmother embraces her and is instrumental in her spiritual growth as Karra Ann struggles with her new surroundings and missing her mother. After being told by her mother all her life that there is no God, she is now told that, "Yes, Karra Ann, there is a God." This young girl is embraced by many and soon learns to trust in those around her. She slowly begins to accept the teachings of her grandmother and cautiously begins conquering her personal struggle with praying and believing in a God she cannot...

Virtually unknown outside of her adopted hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, Jane Edna Harris Hunter was one of the most influential African American social activists of the early-to mid-twentieth century. In her autobiography"A Nickel and a Prayer," Hunter presents an enlightening two-part narrative that recollects her formative years in post-Civil War South and her activist years in Cleveland. First published in 1940, Hunter s autobiography recalls a childhood filled with the pleasures and pains of family life on the former plantation where her ancestors had toiled, adventures and achievements in...

Virtually unknown outside of her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, Jane Edna Harris Hunter was one of the most influential African American social activists of the early-to mid-twentieth century. In her autobiography A Nickel and a Prayer, Hunter presents an enlightening two-part narrative that recollects her formative years in post-Civil War South and her activist years in Cleveland.