The Resource Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason
Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason
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The item Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- "'Standing on the stage, I felt exposed and like an intruder. In these professional settings, my personal experiences with hunger, poverty and episodic homelessness often go undetected. I had worked hard to learn the rules and disguise my beginning in life...' So begins C. Nicole Mason's powerful memoir, a story of reconciliation, constrained choices and life on the other side of the tracks. Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles, California, Mason was raised by a beautiful but volatile 16-year-old single mother. Early on, she learned to navigate between an unpredictable home life and school, where she excelled. By high school, Mason was straddling two worlds. The first, a cocoon of familiarity where street smarts, toughness and the ability to survive won the day. The other, foreign and unfamiliar, with its own set of rules not designed for her success. In her Advanced Placement classes and outside of her neighborhood, she felt unwelcomed and judged because of the way she talked, dressed and wore her hair. After moving to Las Vegas to live with her paternal grandmother, she worked nights at a food court in one of the mega-casinos while finishing school. Having figured out the college application process by eavesdropping on the few white kids in her predominantly Black and Latino school, along with the help of a high school counselor, Mason eventually boarded a plane for Howard University, alone, with $200 in her pocket. While reflecting on her own path out of poverty, Mason examines the conditions that make it nearly impossible to escape and exposes the presumption harbored by many--that the poor don't help themselves enough"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 242 pages
- Contents
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- What do you want to be?
- Day of reckoning
- A crack in the foundation
- Origins
- The end of things
- Starved
- Putting out the fire
- Free today
- A home of our own
- Only one rule
- 54 out of 54
- Death is here
- Wedding day
- Home street
- Seeing with only these eyes
- Away
- Not poor, poor
- Sonnie's got a baby
- Cell block high
- A place called home
- A light
- Food for all
- New mission
- Gone
- In the desert
- Brighter
- Little brother
- Accepted
- Graduation
- I'll fly away
- What should be done?
- Isbn
- 9781250069924
- Label
- Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America
- Title
- Born bright
- Title remainder
- a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America
- Statement of responsibility
- C. Nicole Mason
- Subject
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- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- African American women -- Biography
- Gifted women -- United States -- Biography
- Successful people -- United States -- Biography
- Homeless persons -- United States -- Biography
- Mason, C. Nicole, 1976-
- African Americans -- Biography
- African American women educators -- Biography
- Poor children -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Mason, C. Nicole, 1976- -- Childhood and youth
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "'Standing on the stage, I felt exposed and like an intruder. In these professional settings, my personal experiences with hunger, poverty and episodic homelessness often go undetected. I had worked hard to learn the rules and disguise my beginning in life...' So begins C. Nicole Mason's powerful memoir, a story of reconciliation, constrained choices and life on the other side of the tracks. Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles, California, Mason was raised by a beautiful but volatile 16-year-old single mother. Early on, she learned to navigate between an unpredictable home life and school, where she excelled. By high school, Mason was straddling two worlds. The first, a cocoon of familiarity where street smarts, toughness and the ability to survive won the day. The other, foreign and unfamiliar, with its own set of rules not designed for her success. In her Advanced Placement classes and outside of her neighborhood, she felt unwelcomed and judged because of the way she talked, dressed and wore her hair. After moving to Las Vegas to live with her paternal grandmother, she worked nights at a food court in one of the mega-casinos while finishing school. Having figured out the college application process by eavesdropping on the few white kids in her predominantly Black and Latino school, along with the help of a high school counselor, Mason eventually boarded a plane for Howard University, alone, with $200 in her pocket. While reflecting on her own path out of poverty, Mason examines the conditions that make it nearly impossible to escape and exposes the presumption harbored by many--that the poor don't help themselves enough"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mason, C. Nicole
- Dewey number
-
- 305.48/8960730092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Mason, C. Nicole
- Mason, C. Nicole
- African American women
- African Americans
- African American women educators
- Gifted women
- Successful people
- Poor children
- Homeless persons
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Label
- Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What do you want to be? -- Day of reckoning -- A crack in the foundation -- Origins -- The end of things -- Starved -- Putting out the fire -- Free today -- A home of our own -- Only one rule -- 54 out of 54 -- Death is here -- Wedding day -- Home street -- Seeing with only these eyes -- Away -- Not poor, poor -- Sonnie's got a baby -- Cell block high -- A place called home -- A light -- Food for all -- New mission -- Gone -- In the desert -- Brighter -- Little brother -- Accepted -- Graduation -- I'll fly away -- What should be done?
- Control code
- ocn951465239
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250069924
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016003704
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- 1227009
- (Sirsi) o951465239
- (OCoLC)951465239
- Label
- Born bright : a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What do you want to be? -- Day of reckoning -- A crack in the foundation -- Origins -- The end of things -- Starved -- Putting out the fire -- Free today -- A home of our own -- Only one rule -- 54 out of 54 -- Death is here -- Wedding day -- Home street -- Seeing with only these eyes -- Away -- Not poor, poor -- Sonnie's got a baby -- Cell block high -- A place called home -- A light -- Food for all -- New mission -- Gone -- In the desert -- Brighter -- Little brother -- Accepted -- Graduation -- I'll fly away -- What should be done?
- Control code
- ocn951465239
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250069924
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016003704
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 1227009
- (Sirsi) o951465239
- (OCoLC)951465239
Subject
- African American women -- Biography
- African American women educators -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Gifted women -- United States -- Biography
- Homeless persons -- United States -- Biography
- Mason, C. Nicole, 1976-
- Mason, C. Nicole, 1976- -- Childhood and youth
- Poor children -- United States -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Successful people -- United States -- Biography
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