An American Sunrise library she shares what it was

she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s

Jefferson Memorial

000 of which are original versions-that represent Jefferson's original Library and the foundation of the Library of Congress

Item number 21509138

An American Sunrise library she shares what it wasIn the early 1800s, the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed from their original lands east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. Two hundred years later, Joy Harjo returns to her familys lands and opens a dialogue with history. In An American Sunrise, Harjo finds blessings in the abundance of her homeland and confronts the site where her people, and other indigenous families, essentially disappeared. Written by Joy