No Crystal StairThis engaging saga of a black woman sheltered by her privileged upbringing is set in segregated Atlanta and Alabama of the 1940s. Much to her family's dismay, Ann Elizabeth Carter marries Tuskegee Airmen member Robert Mitchell and comes face to face with the adversity that every woman of color faces. |
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