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The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir

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Availability:In StockContributor:Martha S. JonesPublish date:03/04/25Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541601000ISBN-10:1541601009UPC:9781541601000Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:State & Local, AmericanSize:8.47 x 5.85 x 1.12 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCV7YSDGGA
An "intimate and searching" (Natasha Trethewey, New York Times-bestselling author of Memorial Drive) memoir of family, color, and being Black, white, and other in America, from "one of our country's greatest historians" (Clint Smith, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of How the Word is Passed)

Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But weeks into college, a Black Studies classmate challenged Jones's 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 family's past for answers. In every generation since her great-great-great-grandmother survived enslavement to raise a free family, color determined her ancestors' lives. But the color line was shifting and jagged, not fixed and straight. Some backed away from it, others skipped along it, and others still were cut deep by its sharp teeth.

Journeying across centuries, from rural Kentucky and small-town North Carolina to New York City and its suburbs, The Trouble of Color is a lyrical, deeply felt meditation on the most fundamental matters of identity, belonging, and family.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541601000ISBN-10:1541601009UPC:9781541601000Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:State & Local, AmericanSize:8.47 x 5.85 x 1.12 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCV7YSDGGA
Martha S. Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, professor of history, and a professor at the SNF Agora Institute at the Johns Hopkins University. A prizewinning author and editor of four books, most recently Vanguard, she is past copresident of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians and has contributed to the New York Times, Atlantic, and many other publications. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Publisher: Basic Books

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