A Sorrowful Joy

by Albert J. Raboteau

Book Overview

Albert Raboteau was born into a Catholic family in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, three months after his father was shot and killed by a white man. It was during the 1940s, when blacks couldn't swim at the same beach as whites, when the priest gave communion to white Catholics first and made others wait. In a moving account of his life, Raboteau tells how the boy grew into a man, married, became a success as a college administrator, then learned sorrow,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610979575
• ISBN13: 9781610979573
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.8"