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 Beginning
in Jim Crow Texas and ending in Southern Illinois, Angie Brown
is a classic migration narrative that pivots on the themes of
race, class, gender, and age. When the novel opens, Angie, a domestic,
has lost her child and husband in situations complicated by race.
By the novel's end, she has triumphed over certain adversity and
transformed herself into a successful owner of a "colored motel,"
as well as a happy wife.
Karen Kossie-Chernyshev is an associate professor of history at Texas Southern University, where her research focuses on African American history, African American women's intellectual history, and religion in the African Diaspora.
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