Culturally and racially, I lived in a no-man’s-land where I was discriminated against by members of both races.... But what’s important is what I did with my life.

Mae Street Kidd’s inspirational life story is quintessentially American.... Kidd’s feisty and impressive personality and her vividly detailed reminiscences present us with the rarest of things, a genuine role model.

Kidd’s remarkable story of triumph over racism and sexism in 20th-century America is both affirming and uplifting.