Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittmann?

a 110-year-old woman tells the story of her life, from her childhood as a slave in Louisiana to the civil rights era of the 1960s. Independent, loving, and courageous, she faces obstacles head-on, enduring tragedy and loss but never losing hope. Respected by both whites and blacks, she becomes a source of wisdom, strength, and solace in the midst of crisis.It begins with her childhood on a plantation, moves through Reconstruction and the period of segregation. It ends with the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s.In the Southern United States, until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, "Jim Crow Laws" prohibited Blacks from using washrooms, water fountains, certain laundromats and other facilities. Blacks could not eat at most restaurants and had to sit at the back of busses, the front being reserved for whites. These restrictions were constant and humiliating reminders to blacks of their second class status. Repealing the Jim Crow Laws and changing the customs of segregation were crucial parts of the Civil Rights Movement