Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black - Brossura

Williams, Gregory Howard

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ISBN 10: 0452275334 ISBN 13: 9780452275331

Casa editrice: Plume, 1996

Riassunto

The author recounts the shock he experienced when he learned that his father's relatives in Muncie, Indiana, were poor and black, and describes the prejudice that he and his brother endured from both sides. Reprint.

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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
 
“Affecting and absorbing.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“A moving story of growing up on both sides of the nation's racial thicket... A powerful tale of a young man's struggle on the cusp of the nation's racial conflicts and confusions.”—Booklist

“A triumph of storytelling as well as a triumph of spirit.”—Alex Kotlowitz, award-winning author of There Are No Children Here
 
“Heartbreaking and uplifting... a searing book about race and prejudice in America... brims with insights that only someone who has lived on both sides of the racial divide could gain.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer

L'autore:

Gregory Howard Williams is an attorney, law school professor, and the former President of the University of Cincinnati (2009–2012) and the City College of New York (2001–2009). He is the author of Life on the Color Line.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Plume
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0452275334
• ISBN 13: 9780452275331
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304