I was born in a ghetto on the North Side of Pittsburgh. I was born as Emmett Till was dying and the civil rights era was being born.

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• Jewell Parker Rhodes:

  I grew up feeling 'less than.' I was the sad, shy child hiding in the hall closet beneath coats. I'

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• Jewell Parker Rhodes:

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• Jewell Parker Rhodes:

  My grandmother valued her Southern roots, folk culture, and healing.

• Jewell Parker Rhodes:

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• Jewell Parker Rhodes:

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• Jewell Parker Rhodes:

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• Jewell Parker Rhodes:

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• Jewell Parker Rhodes:

  I always wanted to write for children. When I was growing up, we were really poor. My mother had le