Learn History Through Fiction: Racism 100 Years Ago: “A Target for Trouble”

“‘What the hell, is that a white woman riding with them?’ one of the white men yells. Too late, Tazia ducks behind Denton.” A quote from the historical novel Tazia and Gemma. After the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City, an unwed immigrant and her young daughter flee west in search of freedom and encounter racism in Kansas in the early 1900s. Read more about the book in NOVELS.

A white woman with a black man was asking for trouble
Tazia and Gemma (Vine Leaves Press) by Ann S. Epstein

Author: annsepstein@att.net

Ann S. Epstein is an award-winning writer of novels, short stories, memoirs, and essays.

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