17 Years In The Black Room

Seventeen Years In The Black Room Is About The Transition From Segregation To Integration For A Small-town Texas Black School Teacher, Susie Sansom-piper, In The Late 1960s. As The Last Principal To Close The Segregated School, This Memoir Begins With A Look At The Segregated Black Community During Her Childhood (after 1921), And Outlines The Challenges She Faced Both In The Integrated School And Within The Black Community. This Is A Story Of Resilience, Tragedy, And Triumph Over Adversity, As She Manages To Balance The Demands Of Her Household, Parents, And Two Small Children, While Maintaining The Decorum And Back-bone Needed To Survive As A Black Educator.