Both Patty Coleman and her husband, Bill, were co-authors until he died November 17, 2004. His memory lives on in Patty, their three children and nine grandchildren. Family members have carried on VAMOS! work in Mexico. Patty is a born white Floridian who earned her Master’s Degree from Florida State University. Bill was a Connecticut Yankee born in Waterbury. He had two doctorates and lived most of his life in the Southern United States and Cuernavaca, Mexico.
She Forgets She's Not Black
by Patty Coleman
She Forgets She's Not Black
by Patty Coleman
Published Oct 09, 2020
210 Pages
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General
Book Details
Big Mama Says “In Your Heart You Are Black”
Miss Hattie, of Greek descent, pushed the proud parents aside to take a penetrating look at her newborn grand-baby already named Patricia Marie Register. She then turned to the parents and proclaimed, “This child is an ‘Old Soul,’ and you will be called upon to follow her lead.” Though bewildered, her parents O.C. and Athena Buster, followed the advice of their elder. It was to lead the family to reject the evil of black and colored segregation in the South for the next 80 years.