Inside the Story
From Here to
There
My Life Story
This book is about my journey in life growing up through the years. This is a true story of how it was living in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, during the Jim Crow era, and military life, also my life as a citizen after the Jim Crow era in the United States.
About The Author
Edward Hamner Sr.
Edward Hamner Sr. is legally blind. He was born a twin; however, his twin brother was born dead. He is the seventh child of twelve. He was born in Cottondale, Alabama, and raised in Peterson, Alabama, fifteen miles north of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He grew up in a town with a population of three hundred. There was no type of building, just first-floor homes, no utility for Black people, nowhere to shop, only two grocery stores, and no school for Black children.
Author Interview
Edward R. Leon Hamner Sr.'s New Book 'From Here to There' is a Deeply Insightful Memoir About a Black Citizen Living in America
author Edward R. Leon Hamner Sr., a real estate appraiser, has completed his most recent book “From Here to There”: a contemplative account depicting the history of Black people residing in Alabama during the Jim Crow era. This is a detailed exposition of the author’s life, dated from his childhood down to his late teens, in hopes to educate everyone about the Black people’s hardships and discriminations in Southern America during that unfortunate era.
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