Background
Grace Halsell was born on May 7, 1923, in Lubbock, Texas, the United States, to Ruth & Harry H. Halsell, an American cattle rancher, and also a prolific writer of books about ranching life.
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Gallery of Grace Halsell
75005 Paris, France
Halsell studied at Sorbonne (Paris) from 1957 to 1958.
Gallery of Grace Halsell
2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
Halsell studied at Texas Tech from 1939 to 1942.
Gallery of Grace Halsell
116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA
Halsell studied at Columbia University from 1943 to 1944.
Gallery of Grace Halsell
2800 S University Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76129, USA
Halsell studied at Texas Christian University from 1945 to 1951.
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Other photo of Grace Halsell
2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
Halsell studied at Texas Tech from 1939 to 1942.
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116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA
Halsell studied at Columbia University from 1943 to 1944.
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Other photo of Grace Halsell
2800 S University Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76129, USA
Halsell studied at Texas Christian University from 1945 to 1951.
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Other photo of Grace Halsell
75005 Paris, France
Halsell studied at Sorbonne (Paris) from 1957 to 1958.
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Soul Sister
(Grace Halsell changed the color of her skin and sojourned...)
Grace Halsell changed the color of her skin and sojourned through Black America as a "soul sister." Few whites have had the guts to embark on such a hazardous adventure.
https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Sister-Anniversary-Grace-Halsell/dp/0967401305/?tag=2022091-20
1969
Bessie Yellowhair
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688002005/?tag=2022091-20
1973
Los Viejos
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0878571353/?tag=2022091-20
1976
The Illegals
(Reports on the status, living conditions, and attitudes o...)
Reports on the status, living conditions, and attitudes of the thousands of Mexican laborers who illegally enter the United States each year in search of a better life.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812824644/?tag=2022091-20
1978
Journey to Jerusalem
(Describes the everyday life of three families living in t...)
Describes the everyday life of three families living in the Middle East - one Christian, one Moslem, one Jewish - and explores their cultures and the harrowing problems they face.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0025475908/?tag=2022091-20
1981
Prophecy and Politics
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002O5IS1M/?tag=2022091-20
1986
In Their Shoes
(Probably no American journalist, man or woman, has had a ...)
Probably no American journalist, man or woman, has had a more extraordinary career than Grace Halsell. Before President Lyndon Johnson personally hired her to work in the White House, Halsell had, over a period of two decades, written her way around the world - Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Orient, and the Americas.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D4FUEVS/?tag=2022091-20
1996
Forcing God's Hand
(The book explores the danger posed by Christian fundament...)
The book explores the danger posed by Christian fundamentalism - a doctrine that is sweeping America. Leaders of the doctrine proclaim that God wants - even demands - that Planet Earth be destroyed in our generation.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590080157/?tag=2022091-20
1999
Grace Eleanor Halsell
Edit ProfileEducation
Halsell studied at Texas Tech from 1939 to 1942, at Columbia University from 1943 to 1944, at Texas Christian University from 1945 to 1951, and at the Sorbonne (Paris) from 1957 to 1958.
Career
Halsell was a writer who impersonated women from cultures other than her own and then wrote about her experiences. Her most famous book, the 1969 Soul Sister, described her life and struggles as a black woman in the United States. She also wrote a number of other books about her days as a Navajo woman in Arizona and California during the 1970s, and as a Christian fundamentalist in the 1980s. Some of Halsell’s later works include her 1978 Illegals, in which she outlined her experience of illegally crossing the United States-Mexico border, her 1986 Prophecy and Politics, and her 1991 autobiography titled In Their Shoes.
Achievements
Works
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Journey to Jerusalem
(Describes the everyday life of three families living in t...)
1981 -
The Illegals
(Reports on the status, living conditions, and attitudes o...)
1978 -
In Their Shoes
(Probably no American journalist, man or woman, has had a ...)
1996 -
Forcing God's Hand
(The book explores the danger posed by Christian fundament...)
1999 -
Soul Sister
(Grace Halsell changed the color of her skin and sojourned...)
1969 - Bessie Yellowhair 1973
- Los Viejos 1976
- Prophecy and Politics 1986
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Journey to Jerusalem
Connections
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Born
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Died
August 16, 2000 (aged 77) -
Resting place
Oaklawn Cemetery, Decatur, Texas, United States -
Nationality
American
Education
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1939 - 1942
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1943 - 1944
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1945 - 1951
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1957 - 1958