Tell Them What You Want is an inspirational coming-of-age story of an African-American girl (Bernie) growing up amidst the immense local and national social turmoil of the 1950s to mid 1980s.
Sent as a \'State kid\' to a South-west Ohio college town, Bernie confronts both personal and institutional obstacles with youthful naivet.
Her journey begins in an abusive stepfather\'s \'devil house\' and ends in personal and professional triumphs that seemed destined to be out of reach.
Tell Them What You Want is an inspirational coming-of-age story of an African-American girl (Bernie) growing up amidst the immense local and national social turmoil of the 1950s to mid 1980s