Anchor Man

by Jesse C. Jackson

The story of Charley's senior year in Arlington High. The theme of mutual understanding between Negro and white underlies a story of high school activities, highlighted by the track team and the boy's home-made jalopy.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1947

About the author

Jesse Jackson was an African-American novelist, born in Columbus, Ohio in 1908.

Jackson was one of the first young adult novelists whose works focused on contemporary experiences of African-American children, often those experiencing life as a minority in a white community. Call Me Charley, published in 1945, dealt with an African-American teenager struggling for acceptance in an all-white school in the suburbs. Tessie, published in 1968, deals with a black "scholarship girl" at an exclusive private school in New York. Jesse Jackson died in North Carolina in 1983.

Reviews

[Patrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Old Children's Book. Liked it as a kid, but haven't read it in years.