Thematic Indexes to Autobiographies

 

Index: Harriet's Daughter

CATEGORIES PAGE NUMBERS
Abuse 48, 57-58, 82, 99, 108, 110, 141
Adult Responsibility and Roles 16, 18, 24, 30, 39, 54, 91, 110, 112, 138, 143
Class/Income 3, 14, 21, 29, 99, 100
Clothing 3, 15, 36, 38, 45, 73, 75, 103, 148, 150
Dreams 36, 45-46, 60, 147-148
Education/School 2, 15, 27, 67-68, 78, 83, 89, 108
Escape 46, 53, 58, 71, 109
Family 13-17, 32-35, 40
Freedom 1, 2, 46, 63, 65-66, 68, 71, 75-82, 101
Freedom Fighters/Heroes: Bob Marley 40, 61, 14
Freedom Fighters/Heroes: Mata Hari 27-28, 30, 31, 35, 36
Freedom Fighters/Heroes: Angela Davis 29, 30
Friends 27, 61-66, 69-70, 77
Friendship with Zulma 2-12, 42, 56, 93, 104, 105, 149-150
Gender Roles 17, 26, 34, 38, 41, 52-53, 75, 90-91, 94, 108, 112-114, 123-127, 134-140, 142-143
Goals/Hopes 26, 49, 59-60, 128-129
Hair 3, 5, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 26, 38, 60, 62-63, 129
Harriet Tubman 31, 37, 46, 60
Homesickness 4, 8, 55, 107, 129
Image of Self 32, 49, 62-63, 73-75
Language and Accent(s) 2, 4, 7, 9-12, 52-55, 57, 89-92, 107, 112
Leadership 1, 4, 7, 14, 63, 68, 73-74 86, 125
Literature/Books/Research 27, 30-31, 36
Music 30, 40, 61
Name 4, 27, 36, 42, 47-48, 56, 73, 85, 130
Oppression 30, 48, 68, 105, 112
Race/Community 7, 25, 52-53, 96, 98, 113, 122, 136-137
Relationship with Parents 6, 17, 24, 226, 30, 32-33, 41, 54-55, 89-92, 112, 118, 123- 127, 128-129
Relationship with Siblings 3, 16, 33, 59, 81-82, 91, 130
Religion 37-38, 95
Slavery 1, 30, 36, 48, 64-68, 71, 83, 105
Skin Colour 14, 29, 26, 33, 64, 89, 91
Underground Railroad Game 2, 46- 61-67, 70, 73, 81,83- 85, 88-90, 130
West Indian Discipline 6, 15, 25-26, 128, 134, 136

 

Index: A Fly In A Pail Of Milk

CATEGORIES PAGE NUMBERS
  • Bullying
 31-5
Diaspora 22, 64
Family 21-25, 28, 31-2, 39, 62-6, 68, 71-2, 79, 90-4, 96, 114, 128-32, 136, 165, 171-2, 177, 179,190, 197, 200-1,
  • Food
 25
  • Future Aces
 58, 135-7, 140-1, 143-51, 199-200
Education 21, 23, 31, 33-7, 43, 47-9, 52-3, 55, 67, 79, 82, 136, 140-1, 146-51, 153-54, 200
  • Emotional/Mental ‘Tug-a-Wars’
 67-8
Gender Roles (Male/Female) 23, 54, 62, 65, 66, 88, 91, 93, 134, 154, 164, 172
Geography 22, 26-8, 67-8, 84-5, 97, 102, 104, 109, 113, 117, 122, 131, 166-7, 170, 182, 189
Goals/Dreams/Hopes 37, 39-41, 45-6, 55-9, 67, 72, 83, 89, 100, 107-9, 113, 115, 128, 132-4, 142-3, 164, 173-4, 187, 194, 198, 201
Hair 61-2
Historical Significance 21-2, 31, 35-6, 42, 47, 60, 88-9, 91-92, 95, 100, 108, 129-30, 159, 163, 189
  • Hockey Career
 43, 52, 67-75, 83, 100, 102-4, 115, 118, 125, 131, 133, 136, 141-2, 153-62, 189-90,
Immigration 32, 69, 136
Income (Affordability/Pricing/Salary) 27-30, 42, 53, 70-1, 83, 97, 101-2, 104, 111-13, 123, 128-9, 136, 142, 157, 165, 167,
  • Jews /Anti-Semitism
 60
Labour (Employment) 22-3, 29-30, 45, 64-8, 70, 78, 86, 95-6, 101, 104, 111, 115, 131, 135-6, 141-2, 153-62
Language
(Terminology/Labels/Racial Slurs/ Slang)		 21, 27, 31-5, 42, 50-1, 56-7, 87, 91, 95, 97-8, 149-51, 161-62, 164, 173, 180, 182, 189, 198
Livelihood 22-5, 29-31, 40-1, 45-6, 67, 70-1, 77, 79, 83, 85, 94, 96, 101-3, 131, 136, 157, 159, 165, 167, (Blindness 187, 197, 200)
Media 24, 41, 49, 52, 56, 89, 106-8, 127, 13137-8, 149, 151, 164-5, 168, 176-77, 183-5, 191-93
  • Mentioned in Spiderman Comic
151
Music 62, 69
  • Neighbourhood(s)
 28, 29, 31, 32, 154
Population (Demographics) 22, 24, 32, 59, 68-9, 84-6, 102, 105
Race As A Barrier 21, 23, 32-4, 37, 44-5, 48, 56-60, 74-5, 82, 86, 87, 89-90, 99-100, 105-6, 108, 112-13, 115, 133-4, 143, 160, 169-170, 191-6, 199, 201
Race and Community 24, 32, 62, 68, 86, (Hockey Community 118-23, 125, 127-8), 136-7, 147, 160
  • Relationships
 34, 54, 61-6, 77-83, 88, 177
  • Railway Workers ‘Porter’ Jobs
 67
Religion (Role as a Mediator) 23-4
Skin Colour (As An Identifier) 22, 24, 32, 34, 37, 44, 45, 48, 51, 56-9, 67, 74-5, 82, 86, 95, 97-8, 100, 102, 106, 107, 108, 112-14, 159, 161-62, 198
  • Title Significance
 29-30, 170
  • Transition to Golf
 45-6, 163-187
Urban Vs. Rural 25-6, 28-30, 46, 49, 68, 83, 86, 104, 164-5

 

Index: Growing Up Black In Canada

CATEGORIES PAGE NUMBERS
  • ‘Black Belt’
 15
Diaspora 20-1, 31, 38, (Food As Form of Diaspora 61), 85, 88, 94-5
Family 13, 16, 20, 22, 25-6, 29-30, 32, 37-8, 40-1, 56, 61-2, 67, 81, 86-7, 89
  • Food
 61-3
Education 13-16, 19, 50-1, 67, 74-6, 79-81, 88
  • Emotional/Mental ‘Tug-a-Wars’
 88
Gender Roles (Male/Female) 21, 50, 68, 74, 76, 80-1, 87
Geography 15, (Physical Map 18), 19-22, 61, 87
Goals/Dreams/Hopes 56, 70, 75, 79, 81
Hair 14, 33, 49-51
  • ‘Hairy Gairy’
 69
Historical Significance 13, 15, 38, 62, 69, 93-5
Immigration 21, 57, 93
Income (Affordability/Pricing/Salary) 25, 30 32, 62, 73, 76, 86
Labour (Employment) 20, 41, 68, 73-5, 79-80, 87, 95
Language
(Terminology/Labels/Racial Slurs/Slang)		 14-6, 22, 25, 37, 49-51, 68, 70, 79-80, 85-6, 89, 95
  • Link to the Past
 38-40
  • Literature
 14, 15, 49, 51
Livelihood 25-6, 61-3, 73-6, 80, 85-7
Media 56-7, 67-8
Music 16, 31-2, 55-8, 85, 87-9, 94-5
  • National Identity
93-4
Population (Demographics) 15, 21-2, 61, 63, 79-80, 85, 87-8, 93-5
Race As A Barrier 14-5, 20, 38, 67- 70, 74-5, 79-82, 85, 94-5
Race and Community 14, 19-22, 31, 61, 67, 69-70, 79-81, 85-6, 89
  • Relationships
 79-82
Religion (Role as a Mediator) 20, 29-32, 56-7, 73, 80, 85-9, 95
  • The Shared Connection With A Relative
 25, 32-3
  • “Sit Ins”/ “Stand Ins”
 69
Skin Colour (As An Identifier) 14, 20, 49, 68, 75, 79, 82, 87-8, 95
Urban Vs. Rural  

 

Index: My Name's Not George

CATEGORIES PAGE NUMBERS
Diaspora 24, 27, 58, 99, 100
Family 26-7, 29, 31-3, 36, 53, 55, 57, 62, 82, 99, 105
Education 12, 13, 17, 20, 22, 28, 33, 36, 57, 64, 67, 82-3, 90, 106
Gender Roles (Male/Female) 37, 55, 61, 64, 82-3
Geography 11-3, 17, 19-23, 25-6, 42, 54-6, 60-1, 104
Goals/Dreams/Hopes 16, 22-3, 65, 101, 104-5, 109-110
Hair  
  • ‘Hairy Gairy’
 31
Historical Significance 11-2, 23-4, 28, 30, 34, 56, 61-2, 71, 79, 87, 89, 98, 106, 109
  • Imagery
 79, 90
Immigration 24-5, 27, 99-102, 106
Income (Affordability/Pricing/Salary) 14, 20, 23, 34, 36, 38, 41-2, 58, 63, 64, 67-8, 79, 86, 105-6
  • Jewish Support/Anti-Semitism
 32, 78-9, 85, 92
  • ‘Jim Crow’
 18
  • ‘Klu Klux Klan’
 105
Labour (Employment) 11-3, 17, 20, 26, 31, 36-42, 52-3, 59-60, 70, 78-80, 83-4, 86, 88, 94, 96-7, 104-6, 109
Language
(Terminology/Labels/Racial Slurs/ Slang)		 21, 33, 39, 56, 61, 63, 67-8, 107, 110
  • Literature
 89-90
Livelihood 14, 20, 36-7, 52, 68-9, 84, 99
Media 17, 27, 36, 39, 52, 59, 61, 66, 80-1, 93-4, 103
Music 13, 34-5, 56, 58-9, 64, 79, 85, 98, 109
Population (Demographics) 24, 29, 31, 64
Race As A Barrier 11-2, 18-20, 28-9, 31-2, 34, 37, 40-1, 54-5, 63, 66-8, 70-2, 87-9, 92-3, 97, 99-102, 105-6, 109
Race and Community 12-3, 32-4, 36-7, 53, 59-60, 63, 68, 82-4, 86-7, 89
Religion (Role as a Mediator) 15, 17, 32-5, 59, 68-9, 79-81, 85-7, 98, 108
  • “Sit Ins”/ “Stand Ins”
 89-90
Skin Colour (As An Identifier) 11, 18, 25-6, 28-9, 34, 71, 79, 85-6, 88, 90, 94-5, 97, 99-100, 105
  • Title Significance
 39, 67
Urban Vs. Rural  

 

Index: Pourin' Down Rain

CATEGORIES PAGE NUMBERS
  • Death
 87-91, 96, 108-9, 113-14, 116-17
  • Depression
 23
Diaspora 6, 77, 80, 91-3, 96-103, 105-9
Family
*It should be noted that Foggo’s story
revolves entirely around her family.		 15-33, 36-39, 41-2, 57-63, 65-7, 71-8, 81-2, 84-5, 87-93, 95-103, 105-110, 112-17
  • Fighting
 6, 31
  • Food
 80, 84-5, 91, 115
Education 3, 5-6, 21, 30-3, 44, 51, 54, 57, 61, 83
Gender Roles (Male/Female) 1, 49, 68, 71-4, 106-7
Geography 6-7, 9-10, 15-16, 18-19, 23, 29, 35, 41, 51, 57, 65, 67, 75, 77-8, 80-2, 95, 99, 101, 103, 105-8, 110-12
Goals/Dreams/Hopes 4-5, 69-70
Hair 8, 10-14, 51, 91
Historical Significance 7, 18-20, 23, 43-4, 78-80, 91, 96-103, 105-6, 112, 114-15
Immigration 6, 77, 80, 82, 105, 108-11, 113
Income (Affordability/Pricing/Salary) 11, 15, 24-7, 57, 113
  • Jim Crow
 6
  • ‘Klu Klux Klan’
 112
Labour (Employment) 25, 57, 59, 71, 105-6, 108, 110-14
Language (Terminology/Labels/Racial Slurs/ Slang) 5-7, 17-8, 38-9, (‘Uncle Tom’ 45), 85, 101, (‘Dark invasion’ 111)
  • Literature
 58, 65
Livelihood 15-6, 24-6, 35-6, 53-5, 57, 59-62, 71, 105-6, 110-13
  • Martin Luther King
 43-45
Media 46, 51
Music 44, 47-8, 51, 53, 65-6, 90
Population (Demographics) 1, 4, 15-16, (‘White World’ 43), 51, 58, 80, 106-7, 110-11
Race As A Barrier 5-6, 9, 39, 43-4, 52-3, 59-63, 68-9, 83, 102-3, 106-7, 109-13
Race and Community 1, 4-5, 13-4, 17-8, 28-9, (‘White Culture’ 53), 58, 71, 112-13
  • Railway Workers ‘Porter’ Jobs
 60-1
  • Relationships
 48-9, 52-6, 61, 66, 68-72, 82, 118
Religion (Role as a Mediator)  
  • The Shared Connection With A Relative
 36-42, 51-2, 54, 66-7, 76-8, 87-8
Skin Colour (As An Identifier) 1, 5, 7-9, 13-6, 39, 41, 43, 49, 51-4, 66, 69, (Biracial Marriage 74), 92, 97-8, 102-3, 110-11, 117
Urban Vs. Rural 3-4, 15-7, 23, 77-8, 95, 105, 111, 113-15

 

 

 

 

 

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