Coming of Age in Birmingham: in the 1930s

By J. Lamarr Cox

Coming of Age in Birmingham (Alabama) is the true story of what, from a child's and young man's perspective, Birmingham was like in the late nineteen twenties through the early nineteen forties. It also is the story of a child who inherited his intelligence from his physician father with whom his naive, teenage mother had had an illicit affair; a child who grew up feeling like a stranger in an alien world. This story is about the author's mother's life in the two years prior to his birth and about his own life until age nineteen when he left (escaped) Birmingham. The two block long "white trash" street on which he first lived was peopled by poverty-stricken whites. This street abutted several miles of poverty-stricken African American families who then were referred to as niggers. This was a time and place where "niggers" were taking their first cautious steps toward freedom. The author was sympathetic with their efforts while also having some understanding of opposing views. This, of course, contributed to his living in a world that he simply did not understand. Could he be right and most of the authority figures in his life wrong? And, if he was right, why did he do so many stupid things? This is the story of his early attempts to find light in a dark world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1979418489
• ISBN13: 9781979418485
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"