02139cam a2200301 i 4500 1867519542 TxAuBib 20250225120000.0 250130s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063157514 HRD 30.00 0063157519 HRD 30.00 (OCoLC)1492302586 TxAuBib rda Johnson, Nancy. People of means [BOOK] : a novel / Nancy Johnson. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, [2025] 357 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Two women. Two pivotal moments. One dream for justice and equality. In the fall of 1959, Freda Gilroy arrives on the campus of Fisk University full of hope, carrying a suitcase and the voice of her father telling her she’s part of a family legacy of greatness. Soon, the ugliness of the Jim Crow South intrudes, and she’s thrust into a movement for social change. Freda is reluctant to get involved, torn between a soon-to-be doctor her parents approve of and an audacious young man willing to risk it all in the name of justice. Freda finds herself caught between two worlds, and two loves, and must decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice for the advancement of her people. In 1992 Chicago, Freda’s daughter Tulip is an ambitious PR professional on track for an exciting career, if workplace politics and racial microaggressions don’t get in her way. But with the ruling in the Rodney King trial weighing heavily on her, Tulip feels called to action. When she makes an irreversible professional misstep as she seeks to uplift her community, she must decide, just like her mother had three decades prior, what she’s willing to risk in the name of justice and equality.". 20250225. African American women Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Race relations Fiction. Social justice Fiction.