A review by bobbo49
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines

5.0

A 100+ year old African American woman tells the story of her life, from her pre-1860s birth as a slave in Louisiana, through emancipation, attempted flight to the north, life in the reconstruction and Jim Crow eras in the South, and into the mid-20th Century. Beautifully written, terribly sad, a reminder of how far we have come and how much farther we all have to go as a people.