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Highlights
- Sybil Morial's autobiography traces her childhood in New Orleans, activism during the Civil Rights Movement, and continuing life of service.
- About the Author: SYBIL HAYDEL MORIAL is an educator, activist, and community leader in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 240 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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About the Book
Sybil Morial's autobiography traces her childhood in New Orleans, activism during the Civil Rights Movement, and continuing life of service.
Book Synopsis
Sybil Morial's autobiography traces her childhood in New Orleans, activism during the Civil Rights Movement, and continuing life of service.Review Quotes
"Teacher, civil rights leader, former first lady of New Orleans, Sybil Morial has given us in Witness to Change an elegantly written, deeply moving memoir of one of America's most beloved political families. Reading it is a history lesson in the revolutionary changes that a single generation of brave, publicly minded servants delivered for the uplift of all. It is, in short, a book about heroes, written by one." -Henry Louis Gates.
"A moving memoir recounts decades of profound change....In calm, measured prose, Morial offers a singular perspective on the frustrating road to social justice." -Kirkus Reviews.
"... a poignant story about family, race, dignity, and love." -Walter Isaacson.
About the Author
SYBIL HAYDEL MORIAL is an educator, activist, and community leader in New Orleans, Louisiana. The wife of the first African American mayor of New Orleans, Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial, Sybil spent her career in the education field, first as a public school teacher and later as an administrator at Xavier University in New Orleans.