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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
''Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years'' is a 1993 ''New York Times'' bestselling book of oral history written by Sarah "Sadie" L. Delany and A. Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany with Amy Hill Hearth. The sisters were the daughters of a former slave who became the first African-American elected Bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States.〔Delany, Sarah L., A. Elizabeth Delany, and Amy Hill Hearth. ''Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years'', New York: Kodansha America, 1993, p. 6〕 The sisters were civil rights pioneers, but their stories were largely unknown until Amy Hill Hearth, a reporter for ''The New York Times'', interviewed them for a feature story in 1991, then expanded her story into book form.〔''Having Our Say'', p. xi〕
Published by Kodansha America in New York in September 1993, the book was on the ''New York Times'' bestseller lists for 105 weeks.〔''The New York Times'' (archives) 1993-1995.〕 In all editions combined, the book has sold more than five million copies, according to Hearth. The book went on to inspire a Broadway play in 1995 and a CBS television film in 1999. Since its publication, .〔http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/havingoursay/〕
The book has been translated into six languages. In 1995, the book was recognized as one of the "Best Books of 1994" by the American Library Association. The book was also presented with the Christopher Award for Literature and an American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Honor Award.
== ''New York Times'' article ==
On September 22, 1991, an article, written by Hearth, was published in ''The New York Times'', introducing the then-unknown Delany sisters to a large audience. Among those who read Hearth's story was a New York book publisher who asked her to write a full-length book on the sisters. Hearth and the sisters agreed to collaborate, working closely for two years to create the book.〔''Having Our Say'', pp. xi-xiii〕
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