Journey Up from Down South

Journey Up from Down South describes what struggle, resilience, hope, and family life look like for African Americans who achieve far beyond the circumstances of their birth. The author, his wife of sixty years, and many around them were successful in "lifting as they climbed" over the course of their lives. The author's journey in this memoir is organized around migration from the Jim Crow South to the North and West for better opportunities. Together, the author and his wife moved from Depress