The trouble of color an American family memoir
"A child of the civil rights era, Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But in Jones's first semester of college, a Black Studies classmate challenged her right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair, he confronted her w...
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New York, NY :
Basic Books,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The trouble of color : |b an American family memoir / |c Martha S. Jones. |
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| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Basic Books, |c 2025. | |
| 300 | |a 314 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Who do you think you are? -- Family -- Amalgamation -- Bastardy -- Freedom -- Reconstruction -- Passing -- Color -- Integration -- Love -- How I know what I know. | |
| 520 | |a "A child of the civil rights era, Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But in Jones's first semester of college, a Black Studies classmate challenged her right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair, he confronted her with a question that inspired a lifetime of introspection: "Who do you think you are?" Now a prizewinning scholar of Black history, Jones delves into her own family's past for answers, only to find a story that archives alone can't tell, a story of race in America that takes us beyond slavery, Jim Crow, and civil rights. Ever since her great-great-great-grandmother Nancy emerged from bondage in 1865 determined to raise a free family, skin color has determined Jones's ancestors' lives. But color and race are not the same, and through her family's story, Jones discovers the uneven, unpredictable relationship between the two. Drawing readers along the shifting and jagged path of America's color line, The Trouble of Color is a lyrical, deeply felt meditation on the most fundamental matters of identity, belonging, and family"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Multiracial families |z North Carolina |z Greensboro. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Multiracial families |z Kansas |z Danville. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Multiracial people |x Race identity |z New York (State) |z New York. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American women |x Race identity |z New York (State) |z New York. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Multiracial women |z New York (State) |z New York |v Biography. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Greensboro (N.C.) |v Biography. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Danville (Kan.) |v Biography. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a New York (N.Y.) |v Biography. | |
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