Book Description

REFLECTIONS are the life and times of Margaret Gilreece Alexander Alexander as told by her and to her by other residents of her old neighborhood – First Ward. She begins with her parents, then her spiritual roots; church membership, educational background, club and sorority memberships. Pulling together vignettes on a multitude of disparate things: beds & closets, catalog shopping, family pets, neighbors, international travel her husband and civil rights. She shares her journey from the dusty streets of First Ward to becoming the anchor for a family steeped in business, politics and civil rights. REFLECTIONS: One woman, her journey an extraordinary life.