Behind the Scenes

In Behind the Scenes, Elizabeth Keckley tells how she gained her freedom from slavery and of her remarkable friendship with Mary Todd Lincoln for whom she worked as a seamstress in the Lincoln White House. Of this account, Nikki Giovanni wrote:"What a joy to uncover a diamond-a precious memory of times past and present. Mrs. Keckley's memories add yet one more important piece to the Africa-America quilt of life which is here to not only keep us warm but to enlighten us."