Raising Abraham
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A confused six year old Abraham Harris awakened in a driving rain storm in centeral Mississippi in 1951, not recognizing his murdered father on the floor of their family wagon.
The widowed wife and mother, Mary, had nothing. She could not read or write and had no conceivable way to avoid oughtright starvation of her and Abraham.
The mystery and grief of her husband's death had to be put aside if they were to have any chance of survival in the prejudical and poverty ridden society where they lived.
Drastic measures were their only option.
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It all began with a chance meeting on an airplane. Her name was never mentioned; she was finishing up law school and we began to converse about her education and her desire to succeed as a lawyer. She was an impressive young woman and her drive and charisma were inspirational to me.
As I reflected on that chance meeting in the following days, I contemplated the qualities that take someone on the path to success and contribution. I thought afresh about the caliber of person who leaves their mark on their generation, who passes on a legacy of experience, education, self-sacrifice and character. And in the process of that time of reflection, I found myself compelled to sit at the computer and develop the story of 'Mary', a woman driven to developing a better life for herself and her young son in the wake of the murder of her husband. The odds against her are overwhelming; she is young, uneducated, a black mother struggling against the on-going tide of racism in rural
About the Author
Bob J Lyles was born in rural central
He went on to earn several advanced degrees in the engineering and business fields of study. He has written a number of technical papers and booklets ranging in subject matter from marketing to his memoirs. He retired from a successful career in the rocket industry in 2005.