A Cook Who Couldn't Read: My Grandmother's Illiteracy Journey as Told by Mom
What is this video about?
In this video, my mom, Helen Morris Elizabeth Edmonds Scates, talks about the literacy journey of her own mother who couldn't read or write. My grandmother, Roberta Williams Morris, was born in Virginia and was never given an education. Here is her story, as my mom remembers it.
See the topic timeline below for chapters.
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What is this series about?
In the "Literacy Journeys with Linda" video series, you will hear from a wide range of people who have made literacy, that is, the act of reading and/or writing, a vital portion of their lives. Many people around the world are illiterate, and I hope this series can bring awareness to this issue and spark change. Why? Because Literacy is Liberation! It takes you higher.
Topic timeline:
0:00 Start
1:01 Introducing my mom
2:29 My grandmother's early life in Virginia
4:55 My grandmother's life in Chicago's Ida B. Wells housing project
7:50 How Mom helped her mother read recipes, part 1
8:42 Grandmother faked reading the newspaper
9:32 Mom and brother taught Grandmother to write her name and count
10:22 How Mom helped her mother read recipes, part 2
12:06 Grandmother's sweet potato pie was popular
13:09 Grandmother's cookbooks
14:15 My memories of Grandmother
15:53 Linda shares facts about illiteracy
17:42 Closing gratitude
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Grandmother's Sweet Potato Pie
4 medium sweet potatoes
2 cups of sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla flavor
1/4 cup soft butter or margarine
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons milk
4 eggs
1 to 2 tablespoons nutmeg
Peel, cut and boil potatoes until tender. When potatoes are tender, combine with all other ingredients
in a large bow.l Beat at high speed until well blended. Taste to see if more nutmeg or sugar should be added. Pour into 2 deep dish pie crusts or 3 or 4 (8 inch) pie crusts. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Adjust bake time depending on oven and center doneness. Let pie cool before slicing.
PDF of recipe
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S-cP...
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Literacy Resources
Read this article on literacy crisis.
https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detai...
Literacy Statistics
https://www.begintoread.com/research/...
Teach adults to read
Pro Literacy
https://proliteracy.org/Get-Involved/...
Teach children to read
Reading is Fundamental
https://www.rif.org/literacy-network/...
Prison System Illiteracy
https://tinyurl.com/y4qtcauy
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
https://gradelevelreading.net/about-u...
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Photography by Odell Mitchell Jr., http://www.odellmitchelljr.com
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Whom shall I interview next? You? Or someone you know? Email me at [email protected].
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