"The (W)right Thing" is about a high school student who refused to let the period of her birth define how she would live her life in a free society.
Dorris' memoir tells how she refuses to live in a world that limits how she would grow, live, and be treated.
Her personal courage against racial inequality that many Blacks had to endure in the "Jim Crow" South before the Civil Rights Movement.
A great story of she overcame. I was told with grace and dignity.
"This account shows Deedee's bravery, pride, persistence, and integrity in doing the "right" thing, and her actions made the difference." Raemi Lancaster Evans
"This book, replete with riveting recollections and images, is a reminder that half has not been told about the Civil Rights Movement and the dedicated circle of young women and men who supported the struggle. Now, one of the movement's great foot soldiers shares her involvement in one of the most consequential chapters in our nation's history." Bobby Donaldson, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Director of the Center for Civil Rights History & Research University of South Carolina-Columbia
"This is an exciting book that can be used as a rubric in colleges and universities for students and professors studying the 1960's Civil Rights and beyond; I highly recommend this book." Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. President & Founder of PUSH
