Mary Smith-forrest

Mary: then and Now, an Autobiography in Her Own Words Mary Smith-forrest

Richness of family love . . . . Influence of a guiding mother . . . . With all the comforts of a Southern home . . . . A strong-willed father who was the foreman of a plantation . . . . . Racial prejudice ran rampant during the Jim Crow Era . . . . Heartbreaking loss . . . . and Jubilation. A young African-American girl growing up in the State of Mississippi in the `40s & `50s with all the racial prejudice of the Jim Crow Era, a strong, confident, beautiful spirit developed in the midst of an abusive father. She was raised by a lady who became her Godmother, where she lived until she moved to Michigan. Michigan to Indiana. Raising her three daughters. Her church affiliation. This woman's strong work ethic and political influence probing her into a life-long goal of both her mother and herself to earn her college degree. Here is her story.