BOOK- THE STREET BY ANN PETRY

THE  STREET  BY ANN  PETRY.STORY  ABOUT  A  BLACK WOMAN   STRUGGLING TO  HER SON AMID VIOLENCE ,POVERTY  AND RACISM IN 1940'S  HARLEM////IT  COULD  BE  A   REALITY  RELECTION  OF  TODAY  BLACK  WOMEN RAISING  CHILDREN  ALONE  IN,CHICAGO,PHILADELHIA,NEWARK,DETROIT AND BALTIMORE,GANG  VIOLENCE,DRUGS,POVERTY AND RACISM...BLACK  MEN   EITHER  BEHIND  BARS,DEAD  FROM  CRIME  ,OR  DELIBERATELY  NOT   WANTING TO  RAISE  THEIR CHILD..........MOTHERS HAVE TO  SACRIFICE.//////BLACK  WOMEN  ARE LIKE  THE   AFRICAN  MATRIACH  ELEPHANT.//////.