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The story of a black man who passes for white and becomes a race-baiting U.S. senator. When he is shot on the Senate floor, the first visitor in hospital is a black musician-turned-preacher who raised him. As the two men talk, their respective stories come out.

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Main Author: Ellison, Ralph (Author)
Other Authors: Callahan, John F., 1940- (Editor), Johnson, Charles, 1948- (Writer of preface)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2021.
Subjects:
African American clergy > Fiction.
Passing (Identity) > Fiction.
Southern States > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Legislators > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
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650 0 |a African American clergy  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Passing (Identity)  |v Fiction. 
651 0 |a Southern States  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Race relations  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Legislators  |v Fiction. 
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700 1 |a Callahan, John F.,  |d 1940-  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Johnson, Charles,  |d 1948-  |e writer of preface. 
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