Koritha Mitchell, author of FROM SLAVE CABINS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
In Koritha Mitchell's book FROM SLAVE CABINS TO THE WHITE HOUSE, she argues that it is black success that is most likely to draw the ire of white mobs. Using characters in literature by black female writers from Zora Neale Hurston to Lorraine Hansberry, and the role in the White House of former first lady Michelle Obama, she demonstrates how blacks have pursued success not in response to the forces that oppose them so much as they are continuing community traditions of affirming themselves while acknowledging that the resulting success will attract hostility.
Koritha Mitchell is an…
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