Grace Halsell

dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-21T16:30:12Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-21T16:30:12Z
dc.date.issued	1970-05-23
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/57
dc.description	A letter to Halsell from a reader with some criticisms of Soul Sister
dc.format	JPEG
dc.format.medium	letter
dc.relation	Grace Halsell Papers (MS 6)
dc.rights	Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any photograph.
dc.source	Series III, Box 29, Correspondence
dc.subject	Soul Sister
dc.subject	Halsell, Grace
dc.title	Grace Halsell
dc.type	Image
dc.identifier.digitool	97821	en_US
dc.date.captured	2012-05-14
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dc.format.resolution	300ppi x 300ppi
dc.description.transcription	May 23, 1970 Dear Ms. Halsell, I read your book “Soul Sister” tonight and found it typically “white.” I, as a black woman, saw you use many escape mechanisms, when you were about to become emotionally involved, etc. As you say, sex is not the ultimate end or all, but how can you one consider himself whole, without it? Most Black people entering into a strange city without funds, etc. do not write checks or put money into the bank. To me your experience as a “Black woman” was superficial. To be Black one has to live totally committed to sacrifice and endurance. Sincerely, Arietta Daniels Pittsburgh, PA

Grace Halsell Papers [55]
Grace Halsell wrote for several newspapers, worked as a staff writer for Lyndon B. Johnson, and wrote thirteen books, the most well-known of which was Soul Sister (1969). The papers document her life and career.

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