Having Our Say

The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years

By: Sarah L. Delany, Dr. A. Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living side by side.

Their sharp memories show us the post-Reconstruction South and Booker T. Washington, Harlem’s Golden Age and Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Paul Robeson. Bessie breaks barriers to become a dentist; Sadie quietly integrates the New York City system as a high school teacher. Their extraordinary story makes an important contribution to our nation’s heritage—and an indelible impression on our lives.

©1993 Amy Hill Hearth (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Every American Should Read

The Delany sisters gave us such a gift ! Many African Americans ,and Americans as a whole , do not have an accurate depiction of our history. In their tell all experience , we get an insight to their tribulation , victory, sacrifice , survival, and TRUTH. This was amazing and should be read the world over .

I Love the Delaney Sisters❣️

I Loved their honesty about the world and their feelings about how they were treated.
I didn’t like when they called themselves “darkies” , but I understand it.
I recommend that everyone should read this book! I learned a lot about myself and what others go through in life, and survived.

The history that they lived through to the point I am going to listen to it again!

I didn't dislike anything.. I enjoyed it and now I see why the world fell in love the Delaney sisters

A Century of History

I like the perspective of the two sisters and how the same story was told through two different sets of eyes. It was interesting to hear about the Jim Crow laws and what they went through during that time.

A piece of History.

Throughly enjoyed this book and these ladies having their say. Listening to it in their voices made the book even more special. By completion, I felt like I had a piece of history. What an awesome legacy.
Highly recommended..