Looking for Jazz: A Memoir about the Black College and Southern Town That Changed My Life

The book's title, Looking for Jazz, refers to the author's naive assumption that her favorite kind of music will be readily availble at a black college in the south. The book tells the story of Anna, a young white midwestern woman who takes a job teaching at a black college in a small Georgia town in 1968. Her husband is beginning his advanced Army training at Fort Benning. The Vietnam War, voter registration of blacks, forced public school integration, and students' beginning to vote where they attend college provide the political context. Anna enjoys teaching her students as she learns the culture of the region and the college. After four years, her first marriage ends. She begins life with a black Vietnam veteran from the town and they go away to school in Ohio. Anna returns to her job at the college three years later, and the couple remains in the South where they will raise their two sons.

Author: Anna R. Holloway
Publisher: Anna R. Holloway
Published: 08/01/2023
Pages: 258
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9798988514800

About the Author
Holloway, Anna R.: - Anna R. Holloway, PhD, is a retired Professor of English, writer, and editor. During her forty-six years at Fort Valley State University, she taught writing, literature, journalism, technical writing, and editing, and served as advisor to the Creative Writing Club. She cares about family, friends, and cats and wants to bring about understanding among people of different backgrounds and opinions.